Before you install the product, verify that your system
meets the software requirements.
Operating system
The following operating
systems are supported for this product.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Desktop Editions (on Intel platforms):
- Version 5, updates 1 through 8
- Version 6, update 1 through 3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Advanced Platform Version 5 updates 1 through 7 (on Intel platforms)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
AS/ES updates 1 through 9 (on Intel platforms)
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
(SLED) Version 10.0 to SP4, Version 11.0 to SP1 (on Intel platforms)
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES) Version 10 to SP4, Version 11 to SP1 (on Intel platforms)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise/Standard Edition
with Service Pack 1, 2, or 3
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition
with Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 and SP2
- Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1, 2 or 3
- Microsoft Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 and 2
- Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (see note)
Note: - The listed operating systems support all of the languages that
are supported by Rational® Service Tester for
SOA Quality.
Additional software requirements
The GNU Image Manipulation Program Toolkit (GTK+),
Version 2.2.1 or later, and associated libraries (GLib, Pango).
- One of the following web browsers to view the readme files and
the installation guide and to support the Standard Widget Toolkit
(SWT) browser widget:
Microsoft Internet
Explorer 8.0 or later
Mozilla 3.6 or later
Firefox 3.5 or later
- The Launchpad does not support Mozilla 1.6; if your browser is
Mozilla, you must have version 1.7 or later to run the launchpad.
- To view multimedia user assistance, such as tours, tutorials,
and demonstration viewlets, you must install Adobe Flash Player.
Adobe Flash
Player Version 6.0 release 65 or later
Adobe Flash
Player Version 6.0 release 69 or later