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releases (but not necessarily new full releases) to these products until the base WebSphere Commerce product is withdrawn from service.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			X							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