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Hardware, Operating Systems and Ports

Used

System Basics

System requirements vary depending on how you use it. You should base the minimum

configuration of any system on expected peak load. Typically a configuration running all elements

of a system on a single server spends 95% of its time idle and 5% of its time trying to keep pace with

the resource demands. If you expect your system to perform an operation that could run create,

modify or delete rules on tens or hundreds of thousands of business objects, your real system needs

may be much higher.

Recommended Operating System Versions

Disable firewall products during initial installation and testing. The following are recommended

operating system versions:

• Microsoft Windows®—This application supports most Windows operating systems from

Windows XP forward, with their latest service packs. The supported operating systems are:

Windows 2003 (Standard, Enterprise and Web), Windows XP (Pro) SP3 or later, Windows

Vista (Business or Ultimate), Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition, and Windows 7

(Business or better). This is a 32-bit application, however it has been tested for Windows on

both 32- and 64-bit operating system versions, and supports both in the Windows versions

supported.

NOTE:

Windows Terminal Server is not supported. The installer becomes non-responsive with Data Execution

Prevention enabled. This option is disabled by default on Windows Server 2008, but is enabled on a

Windows Server 2008 machine running Terminal Server.

Also: You must disable User Access Control if you are installing on Vista or Windows Server 2008.

Also: Installer may halt when pre-existing bash sessions or cmd sessions left are open. Close all such

sessions.