WebSphere Commerce 5.6.1 - Supported Prerequisites at Release
Updated 11/15/2005
This page lists version levels of products supported for use with this WebSphere Commerce release. The IBM Support Team will support the use of any newer maintenance releases (but not necessarily new full releases) to these products until the base WebSphere Commerce product is withdrawn from service.
Individual components may have additional prerequisites. Please consult the documentation for the product before applying the prerequisites to your WebSphere Commerce system.
WebSphere Commerce 5.6.1
Release Date     26 August, 2005
Operating Systems  AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
DB2 - AIX 5.2 (5200-03 + IY59082)
Oracle - AIX 5.2 5200-04 + IY64978 + IY63366 + IY59082 
    X              b,p  
DB2 - AIX 5.3 (5300-01+ IY67744)
Oracle - AIX 5.3 5300-01
                b,p  
OS/400 V5R2         X            b,p,e  
OS/400 V5R3         X            b,p,e  
Solaris 8 with Min patch cluster Nov 2003         X          b,p  
Solaris 9 with minimum patch cluster Nov 2003         X          b,p  
Windows 2000 Professional Edition           X        d  
Windows 2000 Server           X        all requires SP4
Windows 2000 Advanced Server           X        all requires SP4
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition           X        b,p,e  
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition           X        b,p,e  
Windows XP, Professional           X        d  
Red Hat Enterprise Linux v2.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux v3.1 AS/ES, Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 AS/ES, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server v8, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server v9             X     b,p,e 64 bit not supported. For further information, please see technote 1191424.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v3.3, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server v8, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server v9               X    b 64 bit only. For further information, please see technote 1191424.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v3.1, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server v8, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server v9                 X  b 64 bit not supported. For further information, please see technote 1191424.
Web Servers  AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
IBM HTTP Server 1.3.28     X  see notes X  X  X  X  X  all Apache 2.0 shipped with V5R2
IBM HTTP Server 2.0.42     X    X  X  X  X  X  all APAR IY40908 required for AIX
IBM HTTP Server 2.0.47     X    X  X  X  X  X  all APAR IY40908 required for AIX
Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0           2000       all with security patch (Q327696) 
Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0           2003       all  
SunONE 6.1.1     5.2 only   X  X        b,p  
Databases AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition      8.2 FP1   8.2 FP1 8.2 FP1 8.2 FP1 8.2 FP1 8.2 FP1 b,p,d Support 8.1 FP5 and up, for customers migrating from WebSphere Commerce 5.6 using DB2
DB2 Universal Database Express Edition         8.2 FP1 8.2 FP1     e,d Support 8.1 FP5 and up, for customers migrating from WebSphere Commerce 5.6 using DB2
DB2 Universal Database for iSeries (v5r2, v5r3)       V5R2            b.p.e  
Oracle 9i Standard/Enterprise Edition ( 9.2.0.6 )     9i r2 FP6   9i r2 FP6 9i r2 FP6 9i r2 FP6     b,p,d 64 bit for AIX, and 32 bit for all other platforms. 
Oracle JDBC 9i 9.2.0.6                      
Oracle 10g Standard/Enterprise Edition     10.1.0.2   10.1.0.2 10.1.0.2 10.1.0.2     b,p,d Requires WC 5.6.1.1 or above
Oracle JDBC 10g                     Requires WC 5.6.1.1 or above
Cloudscape 5.1.60.18           2000       d  
DB2 Universal Database for z/OS Version 8(Maintenance level PUT 0403)                      
DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 and z/OS, Version 7 (Maintenance level PUT 0312)             X    X  b with zOS v1.3/v1.4, zVM v4.3/v4.4
Text Extenders 8.1 FP1      X    X  X  X  X  X  b,p,e iSeries: does not support unicode databases 
Web Application Servers AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
WebSphere Application Server 5.1.1.3 - base     X  X X  X  X  X  X  all  
WebSphere Application Server 5.1.1.3 - Network Deployment     X  X X  X  X  X  X  b,p,e  
WebSphere Application Server 5.1.1.3 - Enterprise     X  X X  X  X  X  X  b,p,e Toleration mode only, no exploitation of Enterprise functions.
WebSphere Application Server 6.0.2 - base     X  X  X  X  X  X  X  b,p,e Toleration mode only, no exploitation of WebSphere Application Server version 6 specific features. Requires WC 5.6.1.1 or above.
WebSphere Application Server 6.0.2 - Network Deployment     X  X  X  X  X  X  X  b,p,e Toleration mode only, no exploitation of WebSphere Application Server version 6 specific features. Requires WC 5.6.1.1 or above.
WebSphere Application Server 6.0.2 - Enterprise     X  X  X  X  X  X  X  b,p,e Toleration mode only, no exploitation of Enterprise functions, or WebSphere Application Server version 6 specific features. Requires WC 5.6.1.1 or above.
Java Tooling/Web Browser AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
WebSphere Studio Application Developer 5.1.2       X        all  
JDK/JRE Server and Client Tools 1.4.2     SR 3w  SR 3w  FP5  SR 3w  SR 5w  SR 5w  SR 5w  all  
JSP support (via WebSphere Application Server) 1.2      X  X  X  X  X  X  X  all  
Servlet Version 2.3      X  X  X  X  X  X  X  all  
EJB Version 1.1      X  X  X  X  X  X  X  all  
XML4J (via WebSphere Application Server) 4.0.9      X  X  X  X  X  X  X  all  
Windows Internet Explorer 6.0  Reviewed Approved       X        all for tooling
Web Browsers For Shoppers AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
Windows Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0                  Windows
Windows Internet Explorer 5.0                     Macintosh
Netscape 7.x                     Gecko engine
Mozilla 1.7.7                     Gecko engine
Home Page Reader 3.01                      
Opera 8.0                      
Firefox  1.0.4                      
Collaboration  AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
Sametime 3.0     X  3.0.a X  X  see notes see notes see notes b,p for Linux, use Windows version
Quickplace 3.0.1     X  X  X  X  see notes see notes see notes b for Linux, use Windows version
Directory Servers  AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
IBM OS/400 Directory Services       X          all  
IBM Directory Server 5.1 & 5.2     X   X X X see notes X all IBM eServer i5, eServer p5 and eServer OpenPower servers - version 5.1p
Active Directory 2000       2000       b,p,d  
Active Directory 2003           2003       b,p,d  
Sun One 5.0 FP2         X         b,p,d  
Domino Directory Server 5.0.1.2     X   X X X X X b,p,d  
Domino Directory Server 6.5     X   X X X X X b,p,d  
Secure Transactions  AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
SSL (IBM HTTP Server 1.3.26 key)  X    X  X  X  X  X  all  
Merchandising / Marketing  AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
WebSphere Commerce Analyzer v5.6.1           X        all  
Networking  AIX  iSeries  AIX  iSeries  Solaris  Windows  Linux * Edition Notes 
              xSeries  iSeries  zSeries    
                pSeries       
IBM Network Dispatcher (WebSphere Edge Components) 5.1     X    X  X  X  X  X  all Included in WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 
IBM WebSphere InterChange Server 4.2     X    X  X        all  
* Edition: b - Business, p - Professional, e - Express, d - Developer