System Configuration Analysis for Abaqus 6.8 & 6.8.

We know that it is sometimes difficult to locate all the pertinent information about an existing computer when contemplating the purchase or upgrade of software. You need the host ID to request a license key. You want to know if you need to upgrade your operating system to run the new products. Will you need different compilers? Does your system have enough memory?

The programs available for download from this page have been designed to aid in the comparison of a current system and the system requirements for Abaqus. If you already have Abaqus loaded on the computer you can get the same information using the command:

abaqus info=system

 

If you would like to verify the configuration of your own computer, select the appropriate platform from the table below. Click on the platform name and download the file indicated from the window that appears. The files can be placed in any directory where you have full access.
 

  Platform
  Filename

Windows/x86-32

sysinfo.zip

Windows/x86-64

sysinfo.zip

Linux/x86-32

sysinfo.tar.gz

Linux/x86-64

sysinfo.tar.gz

Linux/Itanium

sysinfo.tar.gz

HP-UX/Itanium

sysinfo.tar.Z

AIX/Power

sysinfo.tar.Z

 

On UNIX platforms download the file sysinfo.tar.Z, uncompress it and untar it. Change directories to the sysinfo directory, then execute the file sysinfo.csh, as follows:

     uncompress sysinfo.tar.Z
tar -xvf sysinfo.tar
cd sysinfo
./sysinfo.csh

 

On Linux platforms download the file sysinfo.tar.gz, expand it and untar it. Change directories to the sysinfo directory, then execute the file sysinfo.csh, as follows:

     gunzip sysinfo.tar.gz
tar -xvf sysinfo.tar
cd sysinfo
./sysinfo.csh

 

On Windows platforms download the file sysinfo.zip and expand it using WinZip by double-click the file icon in the Explorer. In a command window, set you current directory to the sysinfo directory and run the sysinfo.bat file, as follows:

     cd sysinfo
sysinfo

 

If you do not have a version of WinZip one can be downloaded from the WinZip homepage.

The sysinfo programs use various system commands to extract information from your computer. The information available to users with no special access privilege is extracted; commands that require special (root) privilege to extract information are not included. The programs were developed for English-based operating systems. If you installed your operating system in a language other than English, some of the information may not be retrievable.

After running the program, you should have a report similar to the following. Compare this report to the system requirements for Abaqus 6.8 to determine whether modifications to your computer might be needed.

Running system configuration checks for Linux/x86-32.
Please wait until all the needed information has been gathered...

Current system configuration is:
Date: Fri Mar 16 04:30:00 2008
Processor: 15 2791.029 MHz
Number of CPUs: 2
Linux Distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 2)
Memory: 3022 Mb
Graphics Card: nVidia Corporation NV11GL [Quadro2 MXR/EX] rev 178
X11 Version: 4.3.0-62
OpenGL Version: 4.3.0-62.EL
X Server:
server glx version string: 1.3
client glx version string: 1.3
OpenGL version string: 1.3.4145
glu version: 1.3

Disk Space:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 6190692 3768692 2107528 65% /
/dev/sda5 26897532 10492620 15038588 42% /a
/dev/sdb1 35278540 23210764 10275728 70% /b

System requirement status is:

Requirement: SuSE 8.2 or 9.3 or Red Hat Enterprise 3.0, or Red Hat
Enterprise 4.0
Products: All Abaqus Products
Status: Pass - Found Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3
(Taroon Update 2)

Requirement: GNU Lib C 2.3.2 or greater
Products: All Abaqus Products
Status: Pass - Found GNU Lib C 2.3.2, which was installed with
glibc-2.3.2-95.20.rpm.

Requirement: Linux Kernel 2.4.20 or newer
Products: All Abaqus Products
Status: Pass - Found Linux Kernel 2.4.21-15.ELsmp.

Requirement: Processor must support SSE instruction set
Products: All Abaqus Products
Status: Pass

Requirement: GNU Compiler Suite 3.2 or later
Products: Abaqus/Make with C++ and Abaqus/Make with Fortran and
Abaqus/User Subroutines
Status: Pass - Found gcc version 3.3.4

Requirement: Intel 32-bits C++ Compiler 8.0 Build 20040318
Products: Abaqus/Make with C++
Status: Pass - Found Intel 32-bits C++ Compiler 8.0 Build
20040318.

Requirement: Intel 32-bits Fortran Compiler 8.0 Build 20040318
Products: Abaqus/Make with Fortran and Abaqus/User Subroutines
Status: Pass - Found Intel 32-bits Fortran Compiler 8.0 Build
20040318.

Requirement: HP-MPI 02.02.00.00
Products: Abaqus Analyses using MPI-based parallelization
Status: Pass - Found HP MPI 02.02.00.00.

Requirement: Mesa 4.3.0 or greater
Products: Abaqus/CAE and Abaqus/Viewer
Status: Pass - Found Mesa 4.3.0

Requirement: XFree86 or Xorg server must be configured to load the glx
module
Products: Abaqus/CAE and Abaqus/Viewer
Status: Pass

Requirement: Netscape 7.0, Mozilla 1.2, Firefox 1.0.1, or greater
Products: Abaqus Documentation
Status: Pass - Found Netscape 7.01

All requirement checks succeeded.

Abaqus JOB abaqus COMPLETED