Hardware and software requirements

Table 1-3 shows the system hardware and software requirements for SDK and Open Server.

**Table 1-3: System requirements for SDK and Open Server 12.5.1**
Hardware	Operating system	Supported protocols
HPTru64 UNIX (64-bit)	Digital UNIX 5.0.A	TCP
HP9000/700, or 64-bit HP9000 D,K,V Series The PA8000 chip is required.	HP-UX 11.11	TCP
HP 9000/800 (32-bit)	HP-UX 11.11	TCP
HP-UX Itanium (32-bit and 64-bit)	HP-UX 11.23	TCP
IBM RISC System/6000, Model S70 (32-bit)	AIX 4.3.3	TCP
IBM RISC System 6000, Model S70 (64-bit)	AIX 5.1	TCP
Linux Intel (32-bit)	Red Hat Linux Advanced Server release 2.1AS Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3	TCP
Linux AMD (64-bit)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3	TCP
Linux Itanium (64-bit)	Red Hat Linux Advanced Server release 2.1AS Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3	TCP
Linux on Power (32-bit and 64-bit)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3	TCP
Sun Solaris (SPARC) (32-bit and 64-bit)	Solaris 2.8	TCP
SGI MIPS IV (32-bit and 64-bit)	IRIX 6.5	TCP
Sun Solaris x86	Solaris 9	TCP
Sun Solaris x64	Solaris 10	TCP
Windows x86	Windows 2000	TCP

For the required patches that must be installed before installation, be sure to check the release bulletin for your platform. For the latest patches available, contact technical support for the appropriate platform.