3.2 System Requirements

Host Access for the Cloud supports the most recent versions of all these platforms. Requirements do not take into account other applications and resources that may be installed on your system.

Component

Supported

Web browsers

  • Google Chrome 62 or above (recommended)

  • Mozilla Firefox 57 or above (recommended)

  • Microsoft Edge 41 or above

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (not recommended)

    See Browser issues for information on performance issues when using Internet Explorer.

  • Apple iOS Safari 11 or above

Session server

Hardware

  • CPU - 2 cores (4 cores is recommended)

  • Free memory - 4 GB (6 GB recommended)

Operating system (64-bit)

  • Windows 2012 Server

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11.x

  • Linux on z Systems

    • SUSE Enterprise Linux 11.x or above

    • Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL) 6.x or above

Additional requirements

  • See MSS Installation Guide for system requirements for MSS.

  • Load balancers for MSS and Host Access for the Cloud must support sticky sessions and Web Sockets.