User Guide

System requirements 9
Operating system and Java requirements
The following table lists the operating systems supported by the ColdFusion MX for IBM
WebSphere Application Server editions. The following considerations also apply:
• The supported Java runtime environment is the default runtime installed with the application
server.
• Additional system update requirements follow the table.
For the most up-to-date list of certified platforms, see the Macromedia support site,
www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion.
Include the following updates for your operating system:
• To use Microsoft Access or other databases that require an ODBC driver, on Windows NT 4.0
Server or Windows 2000 Server, you must have the following component installed: MDAC
2.5 SP1 (www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm).
• For all UNIX distributions, install the latest production-level patches, including the kernel,
from the supplier’s download sites: for Red Hat, ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub; for SuSE, ftp://
ftp.suse.com/pub; for Solaris, http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-
access; for AIX, http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/support.html.
• To use C++ CFXs with RedHat Linux 8.0, the Linux installation must have a RedHat libc
compatibility library such as the following:
RedHat-8.0 for i386 compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.110.i386.rpm
Users must have 7.3-2.* or later.
Edition Operating systems
IBM WebSphere 4 Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6A
Windows 2000 Server SP3
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3
Red Hat Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.2
Solaris 7
Solaris 8
AIX 4.3.3
AIX 5L v5.1
IBM WebSphere 5 Windows NT 4.0 Server SP6A
Windows 2000 Server SP3
Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3
Red Hat Linux 8.0
RedHat Advanced Server 2.1
SuSE Linux 7.3
Solaris 8
AIX 4.3.3
AIX 5L v 5.1