This document describes the supported platforms, space and memory requirements, firewall requirements, prerequisite Software AG products, and restrictions of this release.
Software AG generally provides support for the operating system versions supported by their respective manufacturers; when an operating system provider stops supporting a version of an operating system, Software AG will stop supporting that operating system version.
Before attempting to install this product, ensure that your host operating system is at the minimum required level. For information on the platform versions supported by Software AG products, access Software AG's Empower web site at https://empower.softwareag.com.
Log into Empower. Once you have logged in, you can expand in the left menu of the web page and select to access the Product Version Availability application. This application allows you to review the supported platforms and releases for any Software AG product.
Use the fields on this application to filter its results. When you click the button, a list of the supported Software AG products that meet the filter requirements is shown. You can clear all filter selections using the button.
Note:
Although it may be technically possible to run a new version of this
product on an old operating system, Software AG cannot continue to support
operating system versions that are no longer supported by the system’s
provider. If you have questions about support, or if you plan to install this
product on a release, version, or type of operating system other than those
described in the Product Version Availability application as described above,
consult Software AG technical support to determine whether support is possible,
and under what circumstances.
The following minimum space and memory quantities are required for this version of Entire Net-Work:
On Windows and UNIX systems: 20 MB disk space for the Software AG Directory Server, 25MB disk space for Entire Net-Work Client, and 30 MB disk space for Entire Net-Work (with no log files)
On OpenVMS systems : 20MB disk space for the Software AG Directory Server, 33MB disk space for Entire Net-Work Client, and 30MB disk space for Entire Net-Work (with no log files)
Refer to your System Management Hub (SMH) documentation for an estimate of the space its requires.
On all operating systems, 128MB or more RAM is required to run the components of this version of Entire Net-Work
If you attempt to install and use Entire Net-Work in a system with a firewall in place, be sure that your system administrator has set up the firewall so that the Entire Net-Work component applications can access the ports they need (including the Software AG Directory Server port and those Entire Net-Work dynamically assigns during its own processing). For more information about Entire Net-Work ports, read Port Number Reference. For information about configuring Entire Net-Work components for Windows XP personal firewall, read Configuring Entire Net-Work Components for Windows XP Personal Firewall.
Adabas 6.1 SP9 or later is a prerequisite for Entire Net-Work Server 7.4. Using older Adabas patch levels or versions may lead to hanging transactions.
Entire Net-Work uses the Software AG Directory Server as well as System Management Hub (SMH), which can be installed from the Entire Net-Work DVD as part of the Entire Net-Work Administration Open Systems installation. In addition, Entire Net-Work Server is used to provide communications with Adabas databases and as a concentrator for non-Adabas servers (such as EntireX Communicator, Tamino, and Adabas SQL Gateway). For information regarding which releases of these Software AG products are currently supported, refer to the documentation for the appropriate product.
Note:
If you attempt to install Entire Net-Work in a system with a firewall in
place, be sure that your system administrator has opened the firewall for the
Software AG Directory Server port or the installation may not complete successfully.
If the Software AG Directory Server is installed and used by a prior version of Entire Net-Work, be sure to use the existing Software AG Directory Server port number setting for the Entire Net-Work 7.4 installation. You can change the port number after Entire Net-Work 7.4 is installed. For complete information on changing the Directory Server port number used, read .
The System Management Hub requires an Internet browser. For information on supported browsers, see the webMethods System Requirements on the Software AG Documentation web site.
The following restrictions exist in Entire Net-Work 7:
The MHDR protocol is not supported.
RDA-based calls do not support two-byte database IDs; therefore access is limited to database IDs less than 256. If your application needs to access a mainframe database with an ID greater than 255, you must use Entire Net-Work e-business connections or the TCP/IP protocol with the Entire Net-Work mainframe Simple Connection (TCPX) Line Driver. For more information, read your Entire Net-Work mainframe documentation.
