2.2 Product configuration, prerequisite software programs, and related products for Application Server

This section explains the product configuration and prerequisite OSs for Application Server. This section also presents information about the products required to use Application Server, such as supported virtualization platforms, DBMSs, web browsers, HTTP servers, mail servers, and related products.

Product configuration

There are the following Application Server products:

Application Server: This product creates an environment in which applications are executed (application execution environment).
Application Server for Developers: This product creates an environment in which applications to be executed on Application Server are developed (application development environment). This product is only provided for Windows.

Prerequisite OSs

Application Server and Application Server for Developers can only be used under the following OSs:

Prerequisite OSs for Application Server

OS versions
Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2

OS versions

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

Prerequisite OSs for Application Server for Developers

OS versions
Windows 7 x86 Windows 7 x64 Windows 8 x86 Windows 8 x64 Windows 8.1 x86 Windows 8.1 x64 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2

OS versions

Windows 7 x86

Windows 7 x64

Windows 8 x86

Windows 8 x64

Windows 8.1 x86

Windows 8.1 x64

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

Virtualization platforms

Application Server supports the following hypervisors for virtualization platforms:

Hypervisor	Supported guest OS
Virtage	Windows x86, Windows x64
KVM	Windows x86, Windows x64
VMware ESX VMware ESX 4.0 VMware ESX 4.1 VMware vSphere ESXi 5	Windows x86, Windows x64
VMware Horizon View	Windows x86, Windows x64
Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V	Windows x86, Windows x64

DBMSs

Application Server can connect to the following DBMSs:

DBMS	JDBC driver
Oracle 11g	Oracle JDBC Drivers 12.1.0.1.0 or later
Oracle 12c	Oracle JDBC Drivers 12.1.0.1.0 or later, or Oracle JDBC Drivers 12.1.0.1.0 or later

Web browsers

Application Server can be set up and operated from the web browsers shown in the following table.

Web browser	Required software program
Internet Explorer 7 or later	Adobe Flash Player 11.8 or later
Firefox 34.0 or later Firefox ESR 31 or later

Web browser

Required software program

Internet Explorer 7 or later

Adobe Flash Player 11.8 or later

Firefox 34.0 or later

Firefox ESR 31 or later

HTTP servers

Application Server can connect to the following HTTP servers:

HTTP server	Version
Web Server	HTTP server bundled with Application Server
Microsoft IIS	Application Server requires the following versions of Microsoft IIS (based on the prerequisite OS) and Application Request Routing 2.5 or later: When using Windows Server 2008 R2: Microsoft IIS 7.5 When using Windows Server 2012: Microsoft IIS 8.0 When using Windows Server 2012 R2: Microsoft IIS 8.5 To use Web Socket, Microsoft IIS 8.0 or later and Application Request Routing 3.0 or later are required.

HTTP server

Version

Web Server

HTTP server bundled with Application Server

Microsoft IIS

Application Server requires the following versions of Microsoft IIS (based on the prerequisite OS) and Application Request Routing 2.5 or later:

When using Windows Server 2008 R2:: Microsoft IIS 7.5
When using Windows Server 2012:: Microsoft IIS 8.0
When using Windows Server 2012 R2:: Microsoft IIS 8.5

To use Web Socket, Microsoft IIS 8.0 or later and Application Request Routing 3.0 or later are required.

Mail servers

Application Server supports the following mail servers:

Mail server	Purpose
SMTP server, IMAP server	To use JavaMail

Related products

Application Server can operate the system in conjunction with the following products:

Product name	Purpose
JP1/IM	To monitor the entire system for faults
JP1/AJS3	To automate system operations
Windows Server Failover Cluster	To operate cluster systems

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