System Requirements

Before you upgrade to eGuide 2.1.2, you must meet these system requirements:

System Component Minimum Requirement

Operating System
  • NetWare 6 with Support Pack 3 or later
  • Red Hat Linux 7.3
  • Solaris 8
  • Windows 2000/XP (recommended) or Windows NT
  • AIX 5L

Web Server
  • Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 or later on Windows platforms
  • Apache HTTP server 1.3.26 or later

    For help installing Apache, visit the Apache Documentation Web site.

Web Application Server
  • Tomcat servlet container version 3.3a, 3.3.1, or 3.3.1a

    NOTE: Tomcat does not perform optimally on Windows NT.

    For help installing Tomcat, visit the Apache Jakarta Web site.

  • Sun Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.3.1 or later
  • IBM Java 1.3.1 for AIX

Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

Version 1.4.1 or later

LDAP Directory
  • Supports LDAP v3
  • If you plan to use eGuide with Novell eDirectoryTM (formerly called NDS®) as your LDAP directory, version 8 or later is the minimum requirement; version 8.5 or later is required to support password security; version 8.6.2 or later is required to support Role-Based Services (version 8.7.1 recommended).
  • Uses clear text passwords for clear text connections; clear text passwords are disabled by default in eDirectory 8.7.1

Browser for eGuide Administration Utility
  • Netscape 7 or later
  • Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 or later

Browser for eGuide Client
  • Netscape 4.78 or later (version 7 recommended)
  • Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (version 6 recommended)