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System Requirements for Abaqus 6.8 & 6.8-EF Products

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Four tables presented in the window below provide system requirements for each Abaqus platform.

  • General Requirements are minimum requirements applicable for all Abaqus products and features.
  • Additional Requirements are extra requirements needed for specific Abaqus products and features.
  • Requirements to View Online Documentation
  • Other Platform Notes

    More detailed explanations of the table contents and terminology are provided after the tables.

Windows/ x86-32

General Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Applicable for all Abaqus products supported on this platform

Processor

X86-321

OS Level2

•  Windows XP Professional SP2
•  Windows Server 2003
•  Windows Vista3

Notes:
1 The minimum processor required is equivalent to Intel Pentium 4 or AMD processors supporting SSE2 instruction set.
2 For Abaqus 6.8 Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 runtime libraries are required to run Geometry Translators and CAD Interfaces with Abaqus/CAE on Windows/x86-32. For more information, see Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Requirements for Windows in the SIMULIA Online Support System. For Abaqus 6.8-EF, the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 32-bit runtime libraries are required to run Abaqus.
3 Although some Vista editions have not undergone formal qualification testing, Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate editions are all considered compatible with Abaqus V6.8 and are supported. See the Test Configurations web page for tested Vista editions.

Additional Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus/CAE, Abaqus/Viewer

Graphics

Abaqus 6.8 Graphics Devices

Building post processing applications (Abaqus make utility with C++)

C++ Compiler

•  Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP14

User Subroutines and building post processing applications with Fortran (Abaqus make utility with Fortran and Abaqus user subroutines)

Fortran Compiler

•  Intel Visual Fortran 9.15
•  Intel Visual Fortran 10.15

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based parallel execution

Library

MPI not supported on this platform – use thread based parallel execution.

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based Distributed Memory Parallel execution

Interconnect

DMP is unavailable on this platform. Use thread based parallel execution.

FSI Co-simulation using MpCCI

MpCCI
(Fraunhofer SCAI)

MpCCI Version 3.0.6-20

Abaqus installation

DVD-ROM6

Mounted automatically

Notes:
4Visual C++ 2005 is also known as Visual C++ 8.0
5Intel Visual Fortran may require additional software pre-requisites. See the Intel Visual Fortran release notes and Intel Visual Fortran Pre-requisites for more information.
6 See DVD Media Announcement for information about the transition from CD to DVD media began with Abaqus 6.7-EF, released in Q4-2007

 


Requirements to View Online Documentation

Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus HTML documentation

Internet Browser7

•  Internet Explorer 6.0,
•  Netscape 7.0,
•  Mozilla 1.2,
•  Firefox 1.0.1

Abaqus PDF documentation

PDF Viewer

• Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or later
Collection level search is supported on Windows only.

Notes:
7Later versions of these web browsers are expected to offer acceptable performance.


Other Platform Notes

Feature

Requirement

Specification

All supported products

Maximum memory accessible

3 GB

Windows/ x86-64

General Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Applicable for all Abaqus products supported on this platform

Processor

X86-64

OS Level1

•  Windows XP 64
•  Windows Server 2003 64-bit
•  Windows Server 2008 64-bit 2
•  Windows Vista 64 2
•  Windows CCS

Notes:
1For Abaqus 6.8 the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 32-bit runtime libraries are required to run Geometry Translators and CAD Interfaces with Abaqus/CAE on the Windows/x86-64 platform. Installation of the Microsoft C++ 2005 64-bit Runtime package is required for Windows 64-bit operating systems. For more information see Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime requirements for Windows in the SIMULIA Online Support System. For Abaqus 6.8-EF the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 32-bit and 64-bit runtime libraries are required to run Abaqus.
2 Although some Vista editions have not undergone formal qualification testing, Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate editions are all considered compatible with Abaqus V6.8 and are supported. See the Test Configurations web page for tested Vista editions.

Additional Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus/CAE, Abaqus/Viewer

Graphics

Abaqus 6.8 Graphics Devices

Building post processing applications (Abaqus make utility with C++)

C++ Compiler

•  Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP13

User Subroutines and building post processing applications with Fortran (Abaqus make utility with Fortran and Abaqus user subroutines)

Fortran Compiler

•  Intel Visual Fortran 9.14
•  Intel Visual Fortran 10.14

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based parallel execution

Library

•  Windows Compute Cluster Server with Windows Compute Cluster Pack 1.1
•  Windows Server 2003 with Windows Compute Cluster Pack 1.1
•  HPMPI 2.5.5.1 - See Obtaining HP-MPI software to download HP MPI

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based Distributed Memory Parallel execution

Interconnect

•  1000 Mbps Ethernet
See Support for distributed memory parallel analyses on Windows platforms for more information on use of DMP on Windows/x86-64.

FSI Co-simulation using MpCCI

MpCCI
(Fraunhofer SCAI)

MpCCI Version 3.0.6-20

Abaqus installation

DVD-ROM5

Mounted automatically

Notes:
3Visual C++ 2005 is also known as Visual C++ 8.0
4Intel Visual Fortran may require additional software pre-requisites. See the Intel Visual Fortran release notes and Intel Visual Fortran pre-requisites for more information.
5See DVD Media Announcement for information about the transition from CD to DVD media began with Abaqus 6.7-EF, released in Q4-2007

 


Requirements to View Online Documentation

Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus HTML documentation

Internet Browser6

•  Internet Explorer 6.0,
•  Netscape 7.0,
•  Mozilla 1.2,
•  Firefox 1.0.1

Abaqus PDF documentation

PDF Viewer

• Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or later
Collection level search is supported on Windows only

Notes:
6 Later versions of these web browsers are expected to offer acceptable performance.


Other Platform Notes

Feature

Requirement

Specification

All supported products

Maximum memory accessible

This platform supports 64-bit addressing, which enables memory usage in excess of 2 GB

Linux/ x86-32

General Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Applicable for all Abaqus products supported on this platform

Processor

X86-32 1

OS Level

•  SLES 9
•  SLES 102
•  SUSE 10.1
•  SUSE 10.2
•  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 43
•  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 53

Notes:
1The minimum processor required is equivalent to Intel Pentium 4 or AMD processors supporting SSE2 instruction set.
2SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 includes Server (SLES) and Desktop (SLED) versions.
3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux include ES, AS, and WS versions.

Additional Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus/CAE, Abaqus/Viewer

Graphics

Abaqus 6.8 Graphics Devices

Building post processing applications (Abaqus make utility with C++)

C++ Compiler

•  Intel C++ 9.1

User Subroutines and building post processing applications with Fortran (Abaqus make utility with Fortran and Abaqus user subroutines)

Fortran Compiler

•  Intel Fortran 9.1
•  Intel Fortran 10.14

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based parallel execution

Library

HP-MPI 2.2.5.1 (distributed on the Abaqus DVD)

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based Distributed Memory Parallel execution

Interconnect

•  1000 Mbps Ethernet

FSI Co-simulation using MpCCI

MpCCI (Fraunhofer SCAI )

MpCCI Version 3.0.6-20

Abaqus installation

Media

•  Abaqus 6.8: DVD-ROM5 Mounted automatically
•  Abaqus 6.8-EF: limited distribution6

Notes:
4See Using the Intel 10/11 compiler for Linux with Abaqus to address a new dependency introduced when using Intel Version 10.x compilers with Abaqus 6.8 on Linux/x86-32 systems.
5See DVD Media Announcement for information about the transition from CD to DVD media beginning with Abaqus 6.7-EF, released in Q4-2007
6Abaqus 6.8-EF will only be available on a limited distribution basis on Linux/x86-32 signaling that support for this platform is expected to be discontinued in a subsequent release. Linux/x86-32 will not be available on the Abaqus distribution media, but will be downloadable on request through your local SIMULIA support office. See SIMULIA policy on limited distribution software for information about limited distribution platforms.

 


Requirements to View Online Documentation

Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus HTML documentation

Internet Browser7

•  Netscape 7.0,
•  Mozilla 1.2,
•  Firefox 1.0.1

Abaqus PDF documentation

PDF Viewer

• Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or later
Collection level search is supported on Windows only.

Notes:
7 Later versions of these web browsers are expected to offer acceptable performance.


Other Platform Notes

Feature

Requirement

Specification

All supported products

Maximum memory accessible

3 GB

Linux/ x86-64

General Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Applicable for all Abaqus products supported on this platform

Processor

X86-64 1

OS Level

•  SLES 9
•  SLES 102
•  SUSE 10.2
•  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 43
•  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 53

Notes:
1 Supports both AMD Opteron and Intel EM64T processors.
2 SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 includes Server (SLES) and Desktop (SLED) versions.
3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux include ES, AS, and WS versions.

Additional Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus/CAE, Abaqus/Viewer

Graphics

Abaqus 6.8 Graphics Devices

Building post processing applications (Abaqus make utility with C++)

C++ Compiler

•  Intel C++ 9.1

User Subroutines and building post processing applications with Fortran (Abaqus make utility with Fortran and Abaqus user subroutines)

Fortran Compiler

•  Intel Fortran 9.1
•  Intel Fortran 10.14

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI based parallel execution

Library

HP-MPI 2.2.5.1 (distributed on the Abaqus DVD)

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based Distributed Memory Parallel execution

Interconnect

•  1000 Mbps Ethernet
•  Myrinet MX
•  Voltaire Infiniband
•  QLogic SilverStorm
•  QLogic InfiniPath
•  Cisco Infiniband

FSI Co-simulation using MpCCI

MpCCI (Fraunhofer SCAI )

MpCCI Version 3.0.6-20

Abaqus installation

DVD-ROM5

Mounted automatically

Notes:
4See Using the Intel 10/11 compiler for Linux with Abaqus to address a new dependency introduced when using Intel Version 10.x compilers with Abaqus 6.8 on Linux/x86-64 systems.
5See DVD Media Announcement for information about the transition from CD to DVD media beginning with Abaqus 6.7-EF, scheduled for release in Q4-2007

 


Requirements to View Online Documentation

Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus HTML documentation

Internet Browser6

•  Netscape 7.0,
•  Mozilla 1.2,
•  Firefox 1.0.1

Abaqus PDF documentation

PDF Viewer

Not supported. You may be able to view PDF documentation on unsupported platforms using readers available from third parties. See Compare Abaqus PDF and HTML documentation formats.

Notes:
6Later versions of these web browsers are expected to offer acceptable performance.


Other Platform Notes

Feature

Requirement

Specification

All supported products

Maximum memory accessible

This platform supports 64-bit addressing, which enables memory usage in excess of 2 GB.

Linux/ Itanium

General Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Applicable for all Abaqus products supported on this platform

Processor

Itanium II

OS Level

•  SLES 9
•  SLES 10
•  RHEL 4
•  RHEL 5
•  Bull Advanced Server1
•  Altix/MPT 1.15

Notes:
1Refer to Installation of Abaqus on BULL Novascale Server platforms for instructions on downloading the compatible java version that is required for the Abaqus installation on the Bull Advanced System.

Additional Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus/CAE, Abaqus/Viewer

Graphics

Interactive products are not supported on this platform

Building post processing applications (Abaqus make utility with C++)

C++ Compiler

•  Intel C++ 9.1

User Subroutines and building post processing applications with Fortran (Abaqus make utility with Fortran and Abaqus user subroutines)

Fortran Compiler

•  Intel Fortran 9.1
•  Intel Fortran 10.1

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI based parallel execution

Library

•  HP-MPI 2.2.5.1 (distributed on the Abaqus media)
•  MPT 1.15 (with SGI ProPack 5 on Altix)

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based Distributed Memory Parallel execution

Interconnect

•  1000 Mbps Ethernet

FSI Co-simulation using MpCCI

MpCCI (Fraunhofer SCAI )

MpCCI Version 3.0.6-20

Abaqus installation

DVD-ROM2

Mounted automatically

Notes:
2See DVD Media Announcement for information about the transition from CD to DVD media beginning with Abaqus 6.7-EF, released in Q4-2007

 

 


Requirements to View Online Documentation

Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus HTML documentation

Internet Browser3

•  Netscape 7.0,
•  Mozilla 1.2,
•  Firefox 1.0.1

Abaqus PDF documentation

PDF Viewer

Not supported. You may be able to view PDF documentation on unsupported platforms using readers available from third parties. See Compare Abaqus PDF and HTML documentation formats.

Notes:
3Later versions of these web browsers are expected to offer acceptable performance.


Other Platform Notes

Feature

Requirement

Specification

All supported products

Maximum memory accessible

This platform supports 64-bit addressing, which enables memory usage in excess of 2 GB

HP-UX/ Itanium

General Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Applicable for all Abaqus products supported on this platform

Processor

Itanium II

OS Level

•  HP-UX 11.23
•  HP-UX 11.31

Additional Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus/CAE, Abaqus/Viewer

Graphics

Interactive products are not supported on this platform

Building post processing applications (Abaqus make utility with C++)

C++ Compiler

•  HP aC++ A.06.12

User Subroutines and building post processing applications with Fortran (Abaqus make utility with Fortran and Abaqus user subroutines)

Fortran Compiler

•  HP F90 2.9.3
•  HP F90 3.1.2

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI based parallel execution

Library

HP-MPI 2.2.5 (distributed on the Abaqus media)

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based Distributed Memory Parallel execution

Interconnect

•  1000 Mbps Ethernet

FSI Co-simulation using MpCCI

MpCCI (Fraunhofer SCAI )

MpCCI Version 3.0.6-20

Abaqus installation

Media

•  Abaqus 6.8: DVD-ROM1 Mounted automatically
•  Abaqus 6.8-EF: limited distribution2

Notes:
1See DVD Media Announcement for information about the transition from CD to DVD media beginning with Abaqus 6.7-EF, released in Q4-2007

2Abaqus 6.8-EF will only be available on a limited distribution basis on HP-UX/Itanium signaling that support for this platform is expected to be discontinued in a subsequent release. HP-UX/Itanium will not be available on the Abaqus distribution media, but will be downloadable on request through your local SIMULIA support office. See SIMULIA policy on limited distribution software for more details on limited distribution status.

 


Requirements to View Online Documentation

Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus HTML documentation

Internet Browser3

•  Netscape 7.0,
•  Mozilla 1.2,
•  Firefox 1.0.1

Abaqus PDF documentation

PDF Viewer

Not supported. You may be able to view PDF documentation on unsupported platforms using readers available from third parties. See Compare Abaqus PDF and HTML documentation formats.

Notes:
3Later versions of these web browsers are expected to offer acceptable performance.


Other Platform Notes

Feature

Requirement

Specification

All supported products

Maximum memory accessible

This platform supports 64-bit addressing, which enables memory usage in excess of 2 GB.

AIX/ Power

General Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Applicable for all Abaqus products supported on this platform

Processor

•  Power 6
•  Power 5
•  Power 4

OS Level

•  AIX 5.3 1
•  AIX 6.1

Notes:
1Aix 5.3 requires patch bos.64bit 5.3.0.52

Additional Requirements

Product/Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus/CAE, Abaqus/Viewer

Graphics

Interactive products are not supported on this platform

Building post processing applications (Abaqus make utility with C++)

C++ Compiler

•  IBM xlC 9

User Subroutines and building post processing applications with Fortran (Abaqus make utility with Fortran and Abaqus user subroutines)

Fortran Compiler

•  xlf 11.1

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI based parallel execution

Library

•  IBM POE 4.2.2.7

 

Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based Distributed Memory Parallel execution

Interconnect

•  1000 Mbps Ethernet

FSI Co-simulation using MpCCI

MpCCI
(Fraunhofer SCAI)

MpCCI Version 3.0.6-20

Abaqus installation

DVD-ROM2

<code>mount -rv cdrfs device /cdrom</code>
where device is the DVD-ROM device on your system

Notes:
2See DVD Media Announcement for information about the transition from CD to DVD media beginning with Abaqus 6.7-EF, released in Q4-2007

 


Requirements to View Online Documentation

Feature

Requirement

Specification

Abaqus HTML documentation

Internet Browser3

•  Netscape 7.0,
•  Mozilla 1.2,
•  Firefox 1.0.1

Abaqus PDF documentation

PDF Viewer

Not supported. You may be able to view PDF documentation on unsupported platforms using readers available from third parties. See Compare Abaqus PDF and HTML documentation formats.

Notes:
3Later versions of these web browsers are expected to offer acceptable performance.


Other Platform Notes

Feature

Requirement

Specification

All supported products

Maximum memory accessible

This platform supports 64-bit addressing, which enables memory usage in excess of 2 GB

 

Explanations of Table Contents and Terminology

System requirements include hardware, operating system versions, and any other tools required to run Abaqus. Where more than one specification is listed for a given requirement, select one from the list. The Abaqus System Requirements web pages define the range of supported configurations. The intent is to support any combination of specifications within the defined range. Minor updates to operating systems, compilers and other system requirements are usually compatible. Earlier versions of prerequisites are generally not compatible, and thus are not supported. Any exceptions identified which affect compatibility of minor updates will be noted here.

General Requirements are the minimum system requirements which are necessary to utilize any Abaqus product or feature supported on this platform; however the minimum requirements are not sufficient to support all Abaqus products or capabilities. Additional Requirements, beyond the General Requirements, are necessary for specific Abaqus products and features. Additional Requirements must be met only if you want to use the specific Abaqus product or feature associated with the requirement.

Final configurations depend on successful testing outcomes.  Supported platforms and configurations are subject to change without notice.

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