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System Requirements

This page describes the operating environment required for current i2 software. Each product version is shipped with Release Notes detailing the required environment. Earlier versions of i2 software may have different requirements, defined in their Release Notes.

Minimum system requirements to run only Analyst's Notebook 7
  • 1.4 GHz processor computer
  • 512 MBytes RAM
  • 500 MBytes free disk space for installation, plus space to store chart data (if not already installed, add: 280 MB for .NET 2 Framework)
  • XGA capable graphics card (1024 x 768 high color (16 bit) and color monitor
  • Mouse or Trackball
  • USB Port or Parallel Printer Port (for local dongle)
  • CD-ROM drive or network access (for installation)
Recommended System Requirements:
To run software other than Analyst's Notebook 6, or to run multiple i2 products concurrently, a higher specification is required, at least:
  • At least 2 GHz processor computer
  • At least 1 GB RAM
  • At least 1 GB free disk space for installation plus space to store chart data (if not already installed, add: 280 MB for .NET Framework). Total disk space requirements depend on number of i2 products to be installed
  • SXGA capable graphics card (1280 x1024 high color (16 bit) and color monitor
Operating Environment:
Supported Desktop operating systems:
  • Windows Vista Business/Enterprise/Ultimate x86
  • Windows XP Professional x86 SP 2
  • Windows 2000 Professional SP 4
Supported Thin-client operating systems:
  • Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server SP 4 with Terminal Services optionally with Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 4.0
  • Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard/Enterprise x86 SP1 with Terminal Services optionally with Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 4.0

Internet Explorer 6 is a pre-requisite for all i2 products, although it does not need to be the default web browser.

Additional Operating Environment Requirements:
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. A compatible version of Microsoft .NET Framework is included on the CD
  • The documentation provided with i2 products is available electronically in Adobe PDF format. In order to display this documentation, a PDF viewer must be present on the installation system. Adobe Reader version 8 is included on the CD.

Additional product-specific requirements include:

iBridge 3.0.1
Analyst's Notebook 7.0.x which must be current on i2's Maintenance and Support program
Microsoft Data Access components (MDAC) 2.6
Supported Database Systems: » Microsoft Access 2000 (Service Pack 5)
» Microsoft Access 2002 (Service Pack 1)
» Microsoft Access 2003
» Microsoft Access 2007
» Microsoft SQL Server 2000
» Microsoft SQL Server 2005
» Oracle 8.1.7i
» Oracle 9i
» Oracle 10g (release 1 and 2)
Appropriate Database Drivers: » Microsoft MDAC2.6 (or later) OLEDB for Jet 4.0
» Microsoft MDAC2.6 (or later) OLEDB for SQL Server
» Microsoft MDAC2.6 (or later) OLEDB for Oracle
» Oracle OLEDB for Oracle
» SQL Native Client (Provided as part of Specific SQL Server 2005 install)
iBase 5 Basic
Microsoft Data Access components (MDAC) 2.6 or later
iBase 5 Standard
Supported Database Systems: » Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard/Enterprise Edition, SP2 or
» Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard/Enterprise/Personal Edition, SP4
(Note: SQL Server 2000 is not supported on clients with Windows Vista.)
Client PC requires client access license
Microsoft Data Access components (MDAC) 2.6 or later
Analyst's Workstation 3
Supported Database Systems: » Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard/Enterprise Edition, SP2 or
» Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard/Enterprise/Personal Edition, SP4
(Note: SQL Server 2000 is not supported on clients with Windows Vista.)
Client PC requires client access license
A Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services server is required to build Data Miner cubes, which can be installed on client machines, the SQL Server database server or another specified server
Analysis Services Client Components: Client machines require the following Analysis Services client components for either SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005, or both:

SQL Server 2005
» Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services SP2
   (Client Components – Business Intelligence Development Studio)

SQL Server 2000
» Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services SP4 Client Components
   and Decision Support Objects
» Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0
» Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services 9.0 OLEDB Provider