System Requirements - CommNet Browser as a Stand-Alone Application

Stand-Alone Application | Remote Web-Based Application

The following requirements are for the CommNet Browser as a Stand-Alone Application:

Operating System - Cluster and Non-Cluster

Processor

Windows

Windows 2003

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32-bit, 64-bit and x64 Editions with a minimum of Service Pack 1

Windows 2008

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 32-bit and x64 Editions*

Windows XP

Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32-bit Editions

Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit and x64 Editions

*Core Editions not supported

Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and x64 Editions

All Windows-compatible processors supported

 

Linux

 Red Hat Linux AS 2.1 32-bit with kernel RH 2.4.9-e.24 Enterprise and glibc 2.2.4–26

Red Hat Linux AS 2.1 32-bit and 64-bit Itanium with kernel RH 2.4.9-e.3 Enterprise and glibc 2.2.4–26

Red Hat Linux 7.1 distributions and versions with kernel RH 2.4.2–2 and glibc 2.2.2–10

 Intel Pentium or compatible minimum required

Mac OSX

 Mac OS X 10.2.8

Mac OS X 10.3.0

Mac OS X 10.3.1

Mac OS X 10.3.2

Mac OS X v10.3.2

Mac OS X v10.3.3

Mac OS X v10.3.4

Mac OS X v10.3.5

Mac OS X v10.3.6

Mac OS X v10.3.7

Mac OS X v10.3.8

Mac OS X v10.3.9

Mac OS X v10.4.0

Mac OS X v10.4.1

Mac OS X v10.4.2

Apple Macintosh computer that supports any of the operating systems identified in this table

Display

The graphical icons in the CommNet Browser cannot be displayed in VGA mode. This affects the appearance of the Browser's toolbar and the CommNet Browser tree. Also, some table of contents are not displayed correctly.

Memory

512 MB RAM minimum required; 1 GB RAM recommended

Virtual memory should be set to twice the amount of available physical memory

Hard Disk

35 MB free disk space

Miscellaneous

TCP/IP Services configured on the computer

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) versions 5.01, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package is automatically installed. Note that Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package can co-exist with other versions of this software.

Internet Protocol versions 4 (IPv4) or 6 (IPv6)

NOTES on CommNet Installation

JRE

For computers running an Intel Itanium-based operating system, J2SDK1.4 64-bit is required.

For computers running a non-Intel Itanium-based operating system, JRE 1.4.x or JRE 1.5.x or JRE 1.6.x versions are supported.

JRE version 1.6 is automatically installed if any of the above versions are not available.

If any of the above versions are available, the install program will use the existing software.

On Macintosh operating systems, the above JRE software version must be installed prior to installing the CommNet Browser software.

On Linux operating systems, only JRE versions 1.4.x or 1.5.x up to Update 10 are supported and must be installed prior to installing the CommNet Browser software.

If a CommNet Server has both IPv4 and IPv6 sockets enabled, the CommNet Browser will always obtain an IPv4 address. If you wish to obtain and connect with an IPv6 address, the following parameter must be added to the java/javaw command in the Browser's target:

-Djava.net.preferIPv6Addresses=true

For example:

"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin\javaw.exe" -jar cv.jar cranberry 8401 -oemid=1 -Djava.net.preferIPv6Addresses=true

Note that this configuration is supported for the CommNet Browser as a stand-alone application only. If you are running the CommNet Browser as a remote web-based application, you will always obtain an IPv4 address.

For additional information on supported Internet Protocols, refer to the Network Requirements for the Common Technology Engine software.

Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) SE v1.5.x

IIS

IIS is required in the CommNet Server computer (or an alternate computer configured for web administration) to provide the following:
  • Remote administration capability using the CommNet Browser as a Remote Web-Based Application
  • View reports from a remote computer
  • Launch the Books Online from the CommNet Browser

See Web Administration for more information on configuring web administration.

If the CommNet Browser software is installed on a computer running IIS version 7.0, the following software components must also be installed and configured on the computer:

  • ASP
  • ASP.NET
  • IIS 6 Management Capability

DISCLAIMER

Minor revisions and/or service packs that are released by application and operating system vendors may, in some cases, affect the working of our software. Although we may list such revisions and/or service packs as “supported” in our System Requirements, changes to the behavior of our software resulting from an application or operating system revision/service pack may be beyond our control. However, we will make every effort to correct such disruption as quickly as possible. When in doubt, please contact your software provider to ensure support for a specific application or operating system.

Additional considerations regarding minimum requirements and End of Life policies from application and operating system vendors are also applicable.