ArcGIS Server 10 System Requirements
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ArcGIS Server Supported Platforms
Operating Systems | Minimum Version | Maximum Version | Server Workgroup for the .NET Framework | Server Workgroup for the Java Platform | Server Enterprise for Microsoft .NET Framework | Server Enterprise for the Java Platform | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4 (32 bit and 64 bit) | Update 4 or higher | Not Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported | Supported | ||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (32 bit and 64 bit) | Base or higher | Not Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported | Supported | ||
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32 bit and 64 bit) | SP2 | Not Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported | Supported | ||
Sun Solaris 10 (64 bit [SPARC]) | Maintenance Update 4 (8/07) or higher | Not Supported | Not Supported | Not Supported | Supported | ||
Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (32 bit and 64 bit [EM64T]) | SP2 | SP2 | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (32 bit and 64 bit [EM64T]) | SP2 | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | ||
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter (64 bit [EM64T]) | SP1* | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | ||
Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Home Premium (32 bit and 64 bit [EM64T]) | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |||
Windows Vista Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium (32 bit and 64 bit [EM64T]) | SP2 | SP2 | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
Windows XP Professional Edition, Home Edition (32 bit) | SP3 | SP3 | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
Windows XP Professional Edition, Home Edition (64 bit [EM64T]) | SP2 | SP2 | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported |
*Support begins at ArcGIS 10 Service Pack 2.
ArcGIS Server Operating System Requirements and Limitations
All Platforms
- Server display requirements:
- 1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi)
- 24 bit color depth
- Some ArcGIS Server features such as GlobeServer and Geometry require OpenGL 1.3 Library functionalities. These libraries are typically included in the operating systems that ArcGIS Server is supported in. In Microsoft Windows operating systems, these libraries are included with the operating system. See Platform specific requirements below for any exceptions.
- Python 2.6.X and Numerical Python 1.3.0 are required to support certain core geoprocessing tools. It is recommended that Python 2.6.5 and Numerical Python 1.3.0 are installed by the ArcGIS Server setup. Users can choose to not install Python 2.6.5 and Numerical Python 1.3.0 by unselecting the Python feature during installation. The Python feature is a subfeature of server object container (SOC).
Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.0 or higher is required. You must obtain and install Internet Explorer version 7.0 or higher, prior to installing ArcGIS Server on Windows.
- Windows 7, XP and Vista: These operating systems are supported for basic testing and application development use only. It is not recommended for deployment in a production environment.
- Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008: When using the ArcGIS Server .NET Manager on Vista or Windows Server 2008, the application unexpectedly errors. See KB35105 for more details.
Linux
- ArcGIS Server is only supported on Linux x86, on CPUs that adhere to the x86 architecture, with supported Linux releases.
- It is a requirement that the OS (binary) has not been modified. Esri does not provide any support if products are installed on Developer's Release of an Operating System.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- The Linux patches from RHEL AS/ES will be supported as long as the patches are supported by the webservers and they are from Red Hat without any modification to the latest kernel/glibc version.
- The following package groups are required:
- from Desktops group
- X Window System package group (Standard Packages sufficient) - See KB37379 for more details.
- from Development group
- Development Tools package group with gcc-g77 package from Extra Packages section - The required library libg2c.so.0 is owned by the libf2c package; the libf2c package is provided by the gcc-g77 package
- Legacy Software Development package group (Standard Packages sufficient)
- from Desktops group
- Additionally, the following software packages are required (package version must be at level stated or higher):
- compat-openldap
- openssl
- compat-libf2c-34
- compat-libstdc++-296
- compat-libstdc++-33
- gmp
- libXp
- mesa-libGLU
- openmotif22
- xorg-x11-fonts-base
- chkfontpath
- libFS
- libXfont
- libXmu
- libfontenc
- ttmkfdir
- xorg-x11-font-utils
- xorg-x11-xfs
- libidn
- For 64 bit OS support: The 32 bit versions of the packages above must be installed prior to installing ArcGIS Server.
- Note 32-bit packages will look like "i386", "i486", "i586", "i686", etc. 64-bit packages will look like "x86_64". Any Architecture packages will appear as "noarch".
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- The Linux patches from RHEL AS/ES will be supported as long as the patches are supported by the webservers and they are from Red Hat without any modification to the latest kernel/glibc version.
- The following package groups are required:
- from Development group
- Development Tools package group
- Legacy Software Development package group
- from Base System group
- Legacy Software Support package group with compat-openldap from Optional Packages
- X Window System package group - See KB37379 for more details.
- from Development group
- Additionally, the following software packages are required:
- compat-libf2c-34
- compat-libstdc++-33
- compat-libstdc++-296
- compat-openldap
- libXp
- OpenGL package: mesa-libGL
- OpenGL package: mesa-libGLU
- openldap
- openssl
- gmp
- openmotif22
- xorg-x11-fonts-base
- chkfontpath
- libFS
- libXfont
- libXmu
- libfontenc
- ttmkfdir
- xorg-x11-font-utils
- xorg-x11-xfs
- libidn
- For 64 bit OS support: The 32 bit versions of the packages above must be installed prior to installing ArcGIS Server.
- Note 32-bit packages will look like "i386", "i486", "i586", "i686", etc. 64-bit packages will look like "x86_64". Any Architecture packages will appear as "noarch".
SUSE Linux 10 SP2
- The Linux patches for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server will be supported as long as they are from SUSE Linux without any modification to the latest kernel/glibc version.
- The following software packages are required:
- from System/Libraries package group
- compat package
- freeglut package
- Mesa package - This package includes the required OpenGL version: xorg-x11-Mesa-6.4.2-19.4.
- from Development/Languages/Fortran package group
- libg2c33 package - This package is available as a patch (GNU g77 20081203) from Novell. See KB37255 for more details.
- from System/X11/Utilities package group
- X Window System - See KB37379 for more details.
- from System/Libraries package group
- For 64 bit OS support: The 32 bit versions of the packages above must be installed prior to installing ArcGIS Server.
- To make a Direct Connection from ArcGIS Server on SUSE to ArcSDE for PostgreSQL, please see the Esri Knowledge Base Article KB38606 for details.
Sun Solaris
- When running in a 64-bit Solaris SPARC environment, ArcGIS Engine-related products operate as 32-bit applications.
- It is a requirement that the OS (binary) has not been modified. Esri does not provide any support if products are installed on Developer's Release of an Operating System.
- When running ArcGIS Server on Solaris, it is supported only on Solaris SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers.
- X-Windows/Common Desktop Environment - See KB37379 for more details.
- The following patches are recommended for Solaris 10 installs:
- 113886-29 patch for OpenGL
- 113887-29 patch for OpenGL
- Starting with version 9.3, ArcGIS Engine, ArcReader, and ArcGIS Server takes advantage of Sun's new "extended FILE" facility when running on a Solaris system that supports that functionality. This substantially expands the number of files ArcGIS can have open simultaneously on Solaris. Currently, Sun's extended FILE support is only available on Solaris 10. It should be automatically included in Solaris 10 releases done after June 2007. To add extended FILE support to earlier Solaris 10 releases, the following patches are recommended:
- 125100-04 Kernel Update Patch
- 120473-05 libc nss ldap PAM zfs Patch
- 125800-01 Fault Manager Patch
- Direct connect to Oracle from ArcGIS Server on Solaris is not supported because accessing ArcSDE for Oracle using direct connect from the Solaris platform is only supported on 64-bit applications. ArcGIS Server runs as a 32-bit application.
Hardware Requirements
For a development environment, the minimum RAM requirement for ArcGIS Server is 2 GB. This requirement is based on a typical development server with the following environment:
- Two cached map services
- One dynamic map service
- One locator service
- One geoprocessing service
- Geometry service
- SQL Server Express
- IIS
For a production environment, hardware minimum requirements are not listed because user and business needs of ArcGIS Server may vary. These requirements must be considered in determining hardware needs to meet user performance expectations and scalability. Please refer to the Infrastructure Performance Considerations and System Design Strategies wiki for assistance in designing a Server infrastructure that would meet your business requirements.
Supported Virtualization Environments
All components of ArcGIS Server, including ArcSDE, are fully supported on virtual environments as long as they run on supported platforms. See supported server platforms above. When running 3rd party applications with ArcGIS Server such as relational databases, the application must also be supported in a virtual environment. Check the 3rd party vendor for its virtualization support.
If an issue is found to be specific to Esri software in a virtual environment, Esri Support Services will attempt to reproduce the issue on a stand-alone machine. If an issue cannot be reproduced with any of the supported server platforms above on a stand-alone machine, Esri will not provide a fix or further support for issues that are specific to virtual environments except when the issues are in the following VM environment(s):
- VMWare vSphere 4
For additional information see ArcGIS Server and Virtualization.