Hardware and software requirements

Table 1-2 shows the system hardware and software requirements for SDK and Open Server.

**Table 1-2: System requirements for SDK and Open Server**
Hardware	Operating system	Supported protocols
Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Windows XP PC with 486 or greater Intel processor	Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a or later Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.0 or later Windows 2003 Service Pack 1.0 or later Windows XP	TCP/IP IPX/SPX Microsoft Named Pipes DECNet

On Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP systems, the ODBC drivers are 32-bit. All required network software supplied by your database system vendors must be 32-bit compliant.

Table 1-3 shows the system requirements for ODBC and OLEDB.

**Table 1-3: System requirements for ODBC and OLEDB**
Hardware	PC with 486 or greater Intel processor
Operating system	Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a or later Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.0 or later Windows 2003 Service Pack 1.0 or later Windows XP
Web browser	Internet Explorer 4.0 or later
Other components	MDAC*
*MDAC is provided in SDK; however, you should download the most recent version from the Microsoft web site, which Microsoft updates frequently.

The following table identifies the requirements for the ASE ADO.NET Data Provider.

**Table 1-4: System requirements for ASE ADO.NET Data Provider**
Hardware	PC with 90MHZ Intel Pentium processor
Operating system	Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a or later Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.0 or later Windows 2003 Service Pack 1.0 or later Windows XP Only Windows 2000 and Windows XP platforms are supported for development.
Other components	.NET Framework v1.1*
Development	Use one of the following: Visual Studio .NET Framework SDK 1.1 Visual Studio .NET 2003 A .NET language compiler, such as C# If Visual Studio .NET 2003 is installed, it will install the .NET Framework SDK v1.1.
* Install .NET Framework v1.1 before installing ASE ADO.NET Data Provider included with the SDK.