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Solaris client: hardware and software required

This section outlines the hardware and software requirements for the WebSphere MQ client for Solaris.

 

Hardware

The WebSphere MQ client for Solaris can run on all Sun SPARC and Sun UltraSPARC desktop and server systems supported by the appropriate release of the Solaris operating environment.

For connectivity, we can use any communications hardware that supports SNA LU 6.2 or TCP/IP.

 

Software

The following are the software prerequisites for the WebSphere MQ client for Solaris. Minimum supported levels are shown. Later levels, if any, are supported unless otherwise stated.

Operating system

• Solaris 8 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level)

• Solaris 9 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level)

Connectivity

• TCP/IP (as part of the base operating system)

• Data Connection SNAP-IX, V7.0

 

Optional software

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

If you want to use the WebSphere MQ SSL support, we need the IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit), V7, which is supplied with WebSphere MQ.

Compilers for WebSphere MQ client applications on a Solaris system

The following compilers are supported:

• Sun ONE Studio 7, Enterprise Edition for Solaris

• Sun ONE Studio 8, Compiler Collection

• Micro Focus Server Express,V4.0

• Sun's Java 2 SDK, Enterprise Edition, V1.4

 

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