Cognos Now! 4.5 MR1 Appliance - Software and Hardware Environments
Updated: May 28, 2008
Cognos Now! is distributed as:
- A bundled hardware appliance: The supported software environments listed only relate to external components which may or may not be present for a specific solution.
- A software appliance installed on customer hardware: The recommended hardware for software appliance is listed below. The supported software environments apply to the software appliance as well.
- A virtual appliance installed on a customer virtualization infrastructure: The supported virtualization environments are listed below. The supported software environments apply to the virtual appliance as well.
Software environments for Cognos Now! are listed as active, compatible or not supported. Environments denoted as active are the environments tested by Cognos. Although environments denoted as compatible may also be tested, testing may be limited or support may be based on upward compatibility statements from Cognos partners and third-party vendors. Older releases of environments may transition from active to compatible over time as significant testing would have occurred in previous Cognos releases.
Fact Sheet
Software Environment Section Navigation
| DATABASE SUPPORT VIA JDBC |
PLATFORM |
COGNOS NOW!
SUPPORT |
| MS SQL Server
2000 via Microsoft V 2.2.0029+ driver |
Windows |
Compatible |
| MS SQL Server
2005 Standard and Enterprise Editions via Microsoft 1.0.809.102+ driver |
Windows |
Active |
| Oracle 9.2 via
Oracle 10.2.0.1.0 driver |
Windows/Unix |
Compatible |
| Oracle 10G Release
1 via Oracle 10.2.0.1.0 driver |
Windows/Unix |
Compatible |
| Oracle 10G Release
2 via Oracle 10.2.0.1.0 driver |
Windows/Unix |
Active |
| DB2 UDB 8.1 via
Type 2 or 4 driver |
Windows/Unix |
Compatible |
DB2 UDB 8.2 via
Type 2 or 4 driver
|
Windows/Unix |
Compatible |
Sybase 12.5.0.1
via jConnect 6.05 driver
|
Windows/Unix |
Compatible |
| MySQL 4.1.X via
MySQL Connector/J 3.1 driver |
Windows/Unix |
Compatible |
| MySQL 5.X via
MySQL Connector/J 3.1 driver |
Windows/Unix |
Active |
| PostgreSQL 8.2.3+ via PostgreSQL 8.2+ driver |
Windows/Unix |
Active |
| HP Neoview R2.0 |
Windows |
Compatible |
DATA VIA MESSAGE ORIENTED MIDDLEWARE
(Enterprise Appliance Only) |
PLATFORM |
COGNOS NOW!
SUPPORT |
IBM Websphere MQ 5.3
|
Vendor supported |
Active |
| IBM WBI Server Foundation
5.0.2+ |
Vendor supported |
Compatible |
| BEA Weblogic Integration |
Vendor supported |
Active |
| TIBCO EMS 4.0 or 4.1 |
Vendor supported |
Compatible |
| WEB BROWSER SUPPORT |
PLATFORM |
COGNOS NOW!
SUPPORT |
| Internet Explorer 7.0 with Macromedia Flash 9+ plug-in |
Windows XP |
Active |
| Internet Explorer 7.0 with Macromedia Flash 9+ plug-in |
Windows 2000/2003 |
Compatible |
| Internet Explorer 6 SP1 with Macromedia Flash 9+ plug-in |
Windows 2000/2003 |
Compatible |
| Internet Explorer 6 SP2 with Macromedia Flash 9+ plug-in
and patch KB918899 removed |
Windows XP |
Compatible |
| DIRECTORY SERVERS |
PLATFORM |
COGNOS NOW!
SUPPORT |
SUN ONE Directory Server
5.1 SP1
|
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| SUN ONE Directory Server
5.2 |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Active Directory
Server 2000 |
Windows |
Compatible |
| Microsoft Active Directory
Server 2003 |
Windows |
Active |
| IBM Directory Server 5.2 |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| IBM Directory Server 6.0 |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| Other LDAP v3 compliant servers |
Windows/UNIX |
Compatible |
| AUTHENTICATION PROVIDERS |
COGNOS NOW!
SUPPORT |
| CA Netegrity SiteMinder 5.5 |
Compatible |
| CA Netegrity SiteMinder 6.0 |
Compatible |
| Access Manager LDAP Namespace
(versions 6.x) |
Compatible |
| RECOMMENDED HARDWARE FOR SOFTWARE APPLIANCES |
COGNOS NOW!
SUPPORT |
| IBM 3550 (CN-3500/5500) |
Compatible |
| IBM 3650 (CN 7500) |
Compatible |
| Dell 1950 (CN-3500/5500) |
Compatible |
| Dell 2950 (CN-7500) |
Compatible |
| Dell R900 (CN-8500) |
Compatible |
| HP 360/365 (CN-3500/5500) |
Compatible |
| HP 380 (CN-7500) |
Compatible |
| Sun 4450 (CN-3500/5500/7500) |
Compatible |
| VIRTUALIZATION ENVIRONMENTS |
COGNOS NOW!
SUPPORT |
| VMware ESX 3.0 |
Active |
| VMware ESX 3.5 |
Compatible |
Footnotes
(1) + indicates higher versions of the last number
specified. For example, 1.4.1_02+ includes versions 1.4.1_02 through 1.4.1_99.
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