Supported processors

WebSphere Message Broker is supported on the following systems.

Operating system Requirements1
AIX®

IBM e(logo)server pSeries®
IBM RS/6000® processor machines
IBM e(logo)server i5

HP-UX (PA-RISC platform)

Hewlett-Packard HP-9000 PA-RISC 2.0 processor machines2

Linux (POWER platform)

IBM e(logo)server iSeries®
IBM e(logo)server pSeries

Linux (x86 platform)

IBM e(logo)server xSeries® or equivalent Intel® based systems3

Linux (zSeries platform)

IBM e(logo)server zSeries® 600 or e(logo)server 700 Server

Solaris (SPARC platform)

Sun Microsystems SPARC processor machines

Solaris (x86-64 platform)

Sun Microsystems AMD64 or equivalent EM64T based systems

Windows®

IBM e(logo)server xSeries or equivalent Intel based systems
IBM e(logo)server iSeries Server using the IBM Integrated xSeries Server4

z/OS®5

Any server capable of running one of the supported z/OS releases

Notes:
  1. Always check the readme.html file for the latest information about supported processors. A readme file is supplied on the product DVD or CD (for runtime components and for the Message Brokers Toolkit), and you can access it from the final panel of the relevant installation program. However, the files are updated occasionally; access the product readmes Web page to check that you have the latest level.
  2. The +DAportable flag cannot be used for 64-bit compilations, therefore PA-RISC 1.1 chips are no longer supported.
  3. The Message Brokers Toolkit requires any Intel Pentium® III (or higher) processor-based IBM PC or compatible, with 700 or more MHz processor speed. This is the minimum supported level; for improved performance use a 2GHz processor.

    A minimum display resolution of at least 1024 x 768 is required for some dialogs (for example, the Preferences dialog).

  4. You must install OS/400® Version 5 Release 2 or Version 5 Release 3 on the iSeries Server to exploit this support.
  5. See the Program Directory for WebSphere Message Broker for z/OS or Program Directory for WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension Option for z/OS for further details.
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