System requirements for UNIX platforms

Following are the minimum system requirements for HP, RISC/6000 AIX, Sun Solaris, and Linux. The software requirements section identifies required software for specific DirectConnect products.

Table 3: System requirements for UNIX platforms

Item

HP 9000(8xx)

RS/6000 AIX

Sun Solaris

Linux

CPU

An HP 9000/800

An IBM RISC System/6000

A Sun Solaris (SPARC) system

Intel-compatible

RAM

Minimum of 256MB.

Storage

Minimum of 300MB, plus at least 500KB for each locale you plan to support.

Software requirements

Platform requirements

Production release of HP 9000/800 and 900 HP-UX 11.23

Production release of AIX 5.3

Production release of Sun Solaris 2.9

Linux Red Hat 3.0

DirectConnect for ODBC

ODBC 3.5-compliant driver to access the targeted database, on the same platform where you are using DirectConnect for ODBC.

DirectConnect for DB2 UDB

NoteOnly TCP/IP connectivity is currently supported for DB2 UDB.

DirectConnect for DB2 UDB (for AS/400 only)

For iSERIES servers running at operating system level 5VR2M0, you need to install the Program Temporary Fix (PTF) SF99502: 520 DB2 UDB for iSERIES.