Platform Requirements

You must install and run SmartSockets on a supported platform. This release of SmartSockets supports Solaris, Windows 2000, XP and 2003, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, IRIS, Tru64, HP Nonstop OSS and OpenVMS.

Additional platforms may be supported by TIBCO Professional Services Group. Contact TIBCO Product Support for more information on the platforms currently supported for any release of SmartSockets.

Sun SPARC Platforms

Any Sun Microsystems SPARC family computer, including all SPARCstations, SPARCservers, and Sun Ultras, is supported if it is running Sun Solaris Version 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 or 2.10.

Hardware must support 64-bit to run the 64-bit version of SmartSockets.

Hewlett-Packard Platforms

Any Hewlett-Packard 9000/7xx and binary-compatible 9000/8xx computer running HP-UX Version 11.11 (or later) is supported.

Hardware must support 64-bit to run the 64-bit version of SmartSockets.

x86 Platforms

Any IBM PC compatible computer equipped with an x86 processor is supported if it is running one of the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows XP

Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1, the Professional or Server editions

Windows Server 2003

Sun Solaris 10

Linux with these components:

kernel 2.4.21 and up, or 2.6.x

gcc 3.2 and later

glibc 2.3.2 and up

Hardware and operating system software must support 64-bit to run the 64-bit version of SmartSockets.

Intel Itanium (IA64) Platforms

Any IA64 platform with either of these operating environments:

HP-UX 11.11 (or later)

Linux with these components:

kernel 2.4.21 and up

gcc 3.2 and later

glibc 2.3.2 and up

Tru64 Platforms

Any Hewlett-Packard AlphaServer running Tru64 UNIX 4.0F or higher, or 5.0.

OpenVMS Platforms

Any Hewlett-Packard AlphaServer running OpenVMS 7.3-2 or higher.

AIX Platforms

Any IBM RS/6000 system running AIX 5.1 and up.

64-bit clients are supported only on 5.x. Hardware and operating system software must support 64-bit to run the 64-bit version of SmartSockets.

Hardware must support 64-bit to run the 64-bit version of SmartSockets.

IRIX Platforms

Any SGI IRIS running IRIX 6.5.

The 64-bit version of SmartSockets is not available on IRIX.

HP Nonstop Server

Tandem OSS G06.24 or higher.

Other Platforms

This list of supported platforms is accurate as of the date of the 6.8.0 TIBCO SmartSockets release. Contact TIBCO Product Support for an up-to-date list of supported platforms, or check the TIBCO web site at http://www.tibco.com.

If you purchased SmartSockets on a platform not listed here, look in the README file shipped with your product for information about that platform, its requirements, and any platform-specific installation instructions.