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Contents System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business Analytics Platform 1 Chapter 1: Introduction Product Documentation 6 Chapter 2: Platform Requirements for Siebel Analytics Overview of Supported Environments 7 Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Environments 7 Globalization Requirements 8 Hardware Requirements 8 Hardware Requirements for Siebel Business Analytics Platform 10 Hardware Requirements for Cluster Server 12 Hardware Requirements for Siebel Mobile Analytics 14 Siebel Advanced Reporting Edition for Windows 15 Siebel Advanced Reporting Edition for UNIX 16 Client Environment Requirements 18 Supported Web Browsers 18 Supported Client Operating Systems 18 Server Environment Requirements 19 Supported Server Operating Systems 19 Supported Web Servers 20 Siebel Delivers Support for SMTP 21 Support for ODBC Open Client Interface 21 Supported Data Sources 21 Supported Databases for Siebel Business Analytics Platform 22 Support for Oracle Real Applications Clusters (RAC) 24 Support for Multidimensional Data Sources 24 Support for ODBC Data Sources 24 Chapter 3: Supported Software and Ancillary Programs Supported Software 25 Ancillary Programs 25 Apache License Agreement 27 System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business 3 Analytics Platform Version 7.8.5, Rev. B Contents n The Apache Software License, Version 1.1 28 Chapter 4: Product and Platform Availability Updates Product and Feature Availability 29 Chapter 5: Supported Upgrade Paths 4 System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business Analytics Platform Version 7.8.5, Rev. B 1 Introduction What’s New in System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business Analytics Platform, Version 7.8.5, Rev. B Table 3 describes the changes that are included in this version of the documentation. Table 1. Changes in System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business Analytics Platform, Version 7.8.5, Rev. B Topic Description Support for Microsoft Internet In Table 15 on page 18, added support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Explorer 7.0 in Siebel Business Analytics version 7.8.5.2. Support for Microsoft Vista In Table 16 on page 18, added support for Windows Vista as a client operating system in Siebel Business Analytics version 7.8.5.2 What’s New in System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business Analytics Platform, Version 7.8.5, Rev. A Table 3 describes the changes that are included in this version of the documentation. Table 2. Changes in System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business Analytics Platform, Version 7.8.5, Rev. B Topic Description Support for Oracle Real Applications Added Table 21 on page 24 to describe support for Oracle Clusters (RAC) RAC. What’s New in System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business Analytics Platform, Version 7.8.5 Table 3 describes the changes that are included in this version of the documentation. Table 3. Changes in System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business Analytics Platform, Version 7.8.5 Topic Description Globalization Requirements In Table 5 on page 8, added Hebrew as a supported language. Siebel Advanced Reporting Edition In Table 11 on page 15, updated the information in the Web for Windows Browser column. Supported Data Sources In Table 20 on page 22, updated the version information for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Oracle 10g Enterprise Server. System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business 5 Analytics Platform Version 7.8.5, Rev. B Introduction n Product Documentation Table 3. Changes in System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business Analytics Platform, Version 7.8.5 Topic Description Supported Software In Table 23 on page 25, removed rows for Angoss products, as they are not supported for 7.8.5. Product and Feature Availability In Table 25 on page 30, revised the bidirectional language- related product availability exception row. This book contains the definitive list of system requirements and supported platforms for Release 7.8.5 of Siebel Analytics. Unless otherwise noted herein, the requirements covered in this document apply to all platform and related end-user applications within the Siebel Analytics product line. For more information about Siebel Analytics, see Siebel Analytics Platform Installation and Configuration Guide. This guide contains the following chapters: n Chapter 1, “Introduction” (this chapter). n Chapter 2, “Platform Requirements for Siebel Analytics,” describes platform and hardware requirements for Siebel Analytics. n Chapter 3, “Supported Software and Ancillary Programs,” provides a comprehensive listing of software developed by third-party vendors that is supported by, embedded in, or distributed with Siebel Analytics applications. n Chapter 4, “Product and Platform Availability Updates,” provides a list of product availability exceptions for Siebel Analytics. n Chapter 5, “Supported Upgrade Paths,” describes the supported upgrade paths to Analytics 7.8.5. Product Documentation Documentation for Siebel Business Analytics 7.8.5 is available on Oracle Technology Network (OTN) at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bi_ee.html 6 System Requirements & Supported Platforms for the Siebel Business Analytics Platform Version 7.8.5, Rev. B 2 Platform Requirements for Siebel Analytics Overview of Supported Environments Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Environments Siebel Analytics Applications are supported in various homogeneous and heterogeneous server environments as defined in Table 4. In homogeneous environments, the Siebel Relationship Management Warehouse, the Data Warehouse Server, the Siebel Analytics Server and the Siebel Analytics