Supported processors

WebSphere® Message Broker is supported on multiple processors.

Start of changeThe hardware requirements for each supported operating system are given in the following table. All support statements assume that the stated systems are capable of running the required level of a compatible operating system and have enough storage for the WebSphere Message Broker components that you install, and all prerequisite products.End of change

Operating system Requirements1
AIX® Start of change

64-bit IBM pSeries® systems

Any hardware from IBM or other vendors that is capable of
running trademarked AIX systems2

End of change
HP-UX on Itanium

Hewlett-Packard Integrity systems

HP-UX on PA-RISC

Hewlett-Packard HP-9000 PA-RISC 2.0 processor machines3

Linux® on POWER™ Start of change

64-bit iSeries® and pSeries IBM POWER processor based systems only

End of change
Linux on x86 Start of change

32-bit
IBM eserver xSeries® or equivalent Intel® based systems4

64-bit
AMD64 or equivalent EM64T processor machines

End of change
Linux on System z®

Any server capable of running one of the supported
Linux on System
z
operating system releases

Solaris on SPARC

Sun Microsystems SPARC processor machines

Solaris on x86-64

Sun Microsystems AMD64 or equivalent EM64T processor machines

Windows®

IBM eserver xSeries or equivalent Intel based systems
IBM eserver iSeries Server using the IBM® Integrated xSeries Server5

z/OS®6

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

Notes:
  1. Always check the WebSphere Message Broker Requirements Web site and 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. Start of changeYou can use AIX systems only if they have passed a set of verification tests for compliance with the AIX application binary and programming interfaces.End of change
  3. The +DAportable flag cannot be used for 64-bit compilations, therefore PA-RISC 1.1 chips are no longer supported.
  4. The Message Brokers Toolkit requires an Intel Pentium® III (or higher) processor-based computer with a processor speed of at least 700 MHz. This specification is the minimum supported level; for improved performance use a 2 GHz processor.

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

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