Product requirements

We can view Software Product Compatibility Reports that list the system requirements and appliance specifications for the product.

The reports provide current information about hardware and software support and requirements for IBM Security Verify Access.

• System requirements for hardware appliance:
  • Prerequisite software, including supported databases, user registries, and browsers
  • Appliance specifications such as disk size, memory, network ports, physical characteristics, and electrical and environmental parameters

• System requirements for the virtual appliance:
  • Supported hypervisors, databases, user registries, and browsers
  • Disk space and memory requirements for virtual images

IBM Security Access Manager versions 8.0 and 9.0 are not available as a software distribution. They are available only as a virtual or hardware-based appliance.

To view the reports, see Software Product Compatibility Reports.

We can also view the specifications of the hardware and virtual appliance in the following Technotes:

• Hardware appliance specifications: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011035
• Virtual appliance specifications: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22011036

WebSEAL client support

When acting as a reverse proxy, WebSEAL generally supports clients that conform to the HTTP 1.1 standard as defined by RFC 2616 and the HTTP/2 standard as defined by RFC 7540. The preceding statement is not a comprehensive statement of support. WebSEAL relies on a number of client characteristics that are either not defined or are loosely defined by RFC 2616 and RFC 7540. Examples of such characteristics include, but are not limited to:

• Cookie management
• SSL support
• Concurrency of multiple connections

Widely used browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer support such characteristics during typical use.

The extension of browser capabilities that modify these characteristics can, however, introduce compatibility problems with WebSEAL. The same is true of other client types, such as mobile applications or rich clients. Compatibility complications that cannot be resolved through modification of the environment or configuration of the WebSEAL product are not supported.

Parent topic: Product overview