DB2 OLAP Server Installation Guide

Client hardware and software requirements

The system requirements of the Application Manager, the Runtime Client, the Spreadsheet Add-ins for Excel and Lotus 1-2-3, and the OIS Essbase Integration Services Console are described in Table 7. API client requirements are described in API client hardware and software requirements.

Table 7. Client requirements for DB2 OLAP Server and DB2 OLAP Integration Server:

Component Requirement
Microsoft Windows version
  • Windows XP
  • Windows ME
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows NT 4.0; Service Pack 5 is required by DB2 OLAP Integration Server
  • Windows 98

The client for DB2 OLAP Server Miner supports Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000.

Windows NT 3.5.1 is not supported

Microsoft Excel version Excel 2000, Excel XP
Lotus 1-2-3 version Lotus 1-2-3 97, plus 9.7, 9.6 and 9.5
Microprocessor Pentium or better or equivalent
Display Resolution of at least 640 x 480 (800 x 600 or more recommended)
RAM
  • 16 MB for DB2 OLAP Server Spreadsheet Add-in and Application Manager
  • 32 MB for the Runtime Client
  • 64 MB for the OIS Essbase Integration Services Console

Disk space
  • 24 MB for Application Manager
  • 18 MB for the Spreadsheet Add-in for Lotus 1-2-3
  • 17 MB for the Spreadsheet Add-in for Excel
  • 9 MB for the Runtime Client
  • 45 MB for the OIS Essbase Integration Services Console
  • 75 MB for the documentation, if you install all of it

Network protocol TCP/IP or Named Pipes. For OIS, TCP/IP only.

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