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This article applies to:
  • Browser(s):
    Internet Explorer 5.5, Internet Explorer 6.x, Netscape 6.2x, Netscape 7, Mozilla 1.4+
  • JRE version(s):
    1.5.0


Solaris system requirements

Platform Version Memory Browsers Diskspace
Solaris OS AMD64/EM64T (32-bit and 64-bit)
Solaris OS AMD64/EM64T Solaris 10 OS (32/64 bit) 64mb Mozilla 1.4+, 1.7+
32-bit Install 53MB
64-bit Install 23MB
SPARC 64-bits Solaris 10
Solaris 9
Solaris 8
64mb Mozilla 1.4+, 1.7+
64-bit Install (no Java Plug-in, Java WebStart support) 53MB
SPARC 32-bits Solaris 10
Solaris 9
Solaris 8
64mb Mozilla 1.4+, 1.7+
32-bit Install 65 MB
64-bit Install 29 MB





Windows system requirements

Platform Version Memory Browsers Diskspace
WINDOWS IA32-bit
Intel 32-bit Windows XP Professional (SP1) 64mb Mozilla 1.4+
IE 5.5+
98MB
Windows XP Home 64mb
Windows 2000 Professional (SP3+) 64mb
Windows 98 (2nd Edition) 64mb
Windows ME 64mb
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition 128mb
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 128mb
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition 128mb
Windows Server 2003, DataCenter Edition 128mb
WINDOWS Opteron 32-bit
AMD Opteron 32-bit Windows Server 2003, AMD Opteron 32 bit 128mb
WINDOWS Opteron 64-bit
AMD Opteron 64-bit Windows Server 2003
(AMD Opteron 64 bit)
128mb (Not supported) 110MB





Linux system requirements

Platform Version Memory Browsers Diskspace
LINUX 32-bit
Intel IA32 Red Hat 9.0 64mb Mozilla 1.4+ 58 MB
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 64mb
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 64mb
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 64mb
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 64mb
SuSE 8.2 64mb
SLEC 8 64mb
SLES 8 64mb
TurboLinux 8.0 64mb
Sun Java Desktop System, Release 1 64mb
Sun Java Desktop System, Release 2 64mb
 
AMD Opteron 32-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0
SLES 8
 
LINUX 64-bit
AMD Opteron 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0
Mozilla 1.4+ 56 MB
SLES 8
 




Note: Browsers listed above are supported for Java Plug-in and Java Web Start.

Further details:
  • Support for Netscape 4.7.x on Solaris 8 on SPARC and x86
  • Internet Explorer 5.5 (SP2+), 6.x on Windows platforms
  • Though Netscape 7 and 7.1 are not offically supported, they should work
Operating system notes:
  • IA32 = Intel Architecture 32-bit
  • Some new operating systems may still be Beta versions
  • J2SE 5.0 does not provide support for Itanium 2. Itanium 2 support may be added in subsequent update releases.


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