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Hardware and Software Specifications for MSC.ADAMS 2005



Hardware Vendor
Models and
Processors
  Operating System  
Fortran
C/C++
Hewlett Packard PA-8k based B-class,
C-class, J-Class, and
rp-class servers
HP-UX 11, 11i f90 2.4.13 c89 11.01.20
aCC 03.27
Hewlett Packard Intel Itanium 2 HP-UX 11.22 2.7.1 c89 5.36
aCC 5.52
IBM Power, Power2, Power3, Power3-II, Power4, PowerPC       

AIX 4.3.3

AIX 5.1

XL Fortran 7.1

XL Fortran 8.1

Visual Age C/C++ 5.0.2

Visual Age C/C++ 6.0.4

Intel and Intel- compatible PCs, and Intel-based clusters Intel Pentium III, Pentium 4, and Xeon

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Red Hat Linux 9.0

g77 3.2.3-24 or
Intel Fortran 8.0

g77 3.2.2-5 or
Intel Fortran 8.0

g++ 3.2.3-24


g++ 3.2.2-5

Intel and Intel- compatible PCs Intel Pentium III, Pentium 4, and Xeon     Windows 2000,
Windows XP 
Professional
Compaq Visual
Fortran 6.6B or Intel Fortran 8.0.050    
Visual C/C++ 6.0 + SP5, or Visual Studio C++ .NET 2003 
Silicon Graphics R5k, R8k, R10k,
R12, R14k
IRIX 6.5.14 7.3.1.2m 7.3.1.2m
Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC III-
based systems

Solaris 8

Solaris 9

6 Update 1

7.0

6 Update 1

7.0

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System Requirements

Hardware Vendor

Operating
System

System Patches

Disk Space

Memory and
Swap Space

Hewlett Packard

HP-UX 11

XSWGR1100    General Release Patches,
                    November 1999 (ACE)
QPK1100          Quality Pack for HP-UX                     11.00 (December 2000)
PHSS_20853     Shared libF90
PHSS_24303     ld(1) and linker tools
                     cumulative patch
PHSS_25447     X/Motif 32bit Runtime
                     OCT2001 Periodic Patch
PHSS_25718     LIBCL patch
PHSS_26628     3D Common Run
PHSS_26636     OpenGL 1.1 Run
PHSS_26945     HP aC++ -AA runtime
                     libraries (aCC A.03.37)
PHSS_30181     Xserver cumulative patch
PHCO_26449     Add Rock Ridge extension
                      to mount_cdfs(1M)
PHKL_26450      Rock Ridge extension for
                     ISO-9660
PHKL_28060      Y2k; Rock Ridge extension   
                     for ISO-9660

Products 952 Mb
Docs      163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended 

Tunable Kernel
Parameters:
   maxdsiz = 256 Mb
   maxstsiz = 256 Mb
   maxusers = 128 or
                    higher

Swap = 2 x RAM

Hewlett Packard

HP-UX 11i

GOLDBASE11i   Gold Base Patches for
                      HP-UX 11i v1,
                      December 2003          
PHSS_29371     X/Motif Runtime Periodic
                      Patch
PHSS_30049    ld(1) and linker to
                      cumulative patch
PHSS_28880     HP aC++ -AA runtime
                      libraries (aCC A.03.50)
PHSS_30170    Xserver cumulative patch
PHSS_30174    3D Common Run
PHSS_30496    OpenGL 1.1 Run
PHSS_30504    Xserver cumulative patch

Products 820 Mb
Docs      173 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Tunable Kernel
Parameters:
   maxdsiz = 256 Mb
   maxstsiz = 256 Mb
   maxusers = 128 or
                    higher

Swap = 2 x RAM

Hewlett Packard

HP-UX 11.22
(Itanium 2)

MAINTPACK     B.11.22.0306. Maintenance
                     Pack Patches for HP-UX 11i
                     version 1.6, June 2003
PHSS_26625    Xserver cumulative patch
PHSS_26626    Graphics3D cumulative patch
PHSS_28970    aC++ Runtime (A.05.50)
PHSS_28972    Math Library cumulative
                    patch
PHSS_28976    libunwind Library
                    cumulative patch
PHCO_29236    libc cumulative patch

Products 820 Mb
Docs      173 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Tunable Kernel
Parameters:
   maxdsiz = 256 Mb
   maxstsiz = 256 Mb
   maxusers = 128 or
                    higher

Swap = 2 x RAM

IBM

AIX 4.3.3

4.3.3 Support Level 10

Products 901 Mb
Docs      163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

IBM

AIX 5.1

bos.rte 5.1.0.50

Products 901 Mb
Docs      163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel and Intel- compatible PCs, and Intel-based clusters

Red Hat 
Entreprise Linux 3

Enterprise Linux Kernel revision 2.4.21-9

Products 898 Mb
Docs      163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel and Intel- compatible PCs, and Intel-based clusters

Red Hat 
Linux 9.0

Red Hat Kernel revision 2.4.20-8

Products 898 Mb
Docs      163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel and Intel-
compatible PCs

Windows 2000

Windows 2000 SP3

Products 655 Mb
Docs      163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel and Intel-
compatible PCs

Windows XP
Professional

Windows XP Professional SP1,
Windows XP Professional SP2

Products 655 Mb
Docs      163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Silicon Graphics

IRIX 6.5.14

Support Levels above 6.5.14m are
expected to work under the SGI published,
  "The Mandate of Application Compatibility   
   in SGI IRIX 6.5"

Products 980 Mb
Docs      163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Sun
Microsystems

Solaris 8

Solaris 8     Recommended patch bundle
                later than 1/14/2003

Solaris 8     Generic_108528-18
                Latest revisions of patches
                106950 and 10813

Products 886 Mb
Docs      163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Sun
Microsystems

Solaris 9

Solaris 8     Recommended patch bundle
                later than 8/14/2003

Solaris 8     Generic_112233-08
Products 886 Mb
Docs      163 Mb

512 Mb Minimum 
   1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

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Graphics Requirements

Hardware Vendor

Operating
System

System Runtime
Libraries

Validated Graphics
Hardware

Hewlett Packard

HP-UX 11, 11i

X11-R5, CDE/Motif, OpenGL 1.1

fxe, fx10

Hewlett Packard

HP-UX 11.22
(Intel Itanium 2)

X11-R6, CDE/Motif, OpenGL 1.1

ATI Fire GL4

IBM

AIX 4.3.3

AIX 5.1

OpenGL.OpenGL_X.rte.base 4.3.3.75 

OpenGL.OpenGL_X.rte.base 5.1

GXT3000, GXT4500P

Intel IA32 and Intel- compatible PCs, and Intel IA32-based clusters

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3,
Red Hat Linux 9.0

X11, OpenGL 1.2
nVIDIA users should load the Linux Display Driver 1.0-5336

The MSC.ADAMS products have been developed in full compliance with the OpenGL 1.2 specification. The products
should run properly with graphics cards that adhere to the 1.2 or later OpenGL specification.

Intel and Intel- compatible PCs

Windows 2000,
Windows XP 
Professional

Open GL 1.2

The MSC.ADAMS products have been developed in full compliance with the OpenGL 1.2 specification. The products should run properly with graphics cards that adhere to the 1.2 or later OpenGL
specification.

Silicon Graphics

IRIX 6.5.14

X11/Motif, OpenGL

VPro Graphics systems

Sun Microsystems

Solaris 8

Solaris 9

X11 (CDE), OpenGL 1.2

X11 (CDE), OpenGL 1.3

Expert 3D, XVR 1000
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Licensing Requirements

Hardware Vendor/ Operating System

Special Required
Software

Hostname Retrieval

Host ID Retrieval

Hewlett Packard

HP-UX 11, 11i

N/A

From a shell window, enter the    command:

     hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:

     uname -I

then convert to hex.

Hewlett Packard

HP-UX 11.22
(Intel Itanium 2)

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:

     getconf CS_PARTITION_IDENT 

then prefix with "ID_STRING=".

IBM

AIX 4.3.3, 5.1

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:

     uname -l

Intel IA32 and
Intel-compatible PCs,
Intel IA32-based clusters

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 
Red Hat Linux 9.0

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:

     /sbin/ifconfig eth0

Return the information in the line labeled "HWaddr" and remove the colons ":".

Intel and Intel-compatible PCs

Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional

TCP/IP Protocol

From an "Command Prompt" window, enter the command:

     hostname

From an "Command Prompt" window, enter the command:

     ipconfig /all

Return the information in the line labeled "Physical Address".

Silicon Graphics

IRIX 6.4.14

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:

     sysinfo -s

Sun Microsystems

Solaris 8, 9

N/A

From a shell window, enter the command:

     hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:

     hostid

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Platform and Product Support
Platforms
HP 1
HP
IBM
  Intel PC's and  
Intel-based
Clusters
 2
Intel-Windows 2
SGI
Sun
Operating
Systems
11, 11i
Intel Itanium 2
11.22
AIX
4.3.3, 5.1
 Red Hat Linux 9.0, 
Enterprise Linux 3
Windows 2000,
  and Windows XP   
Professional
IRIX 6.5.14 3
 UltraSPARC  
Solaris
8, 9
Graphics
Drivers
X11,   OpenGL  
X11,
  OpenGL  
X11,   OpenGL  
X11, OpenGL
Microsoft Windows Driver, OpenGL
X11,
 OpenGL   
X11,
OpenGL
Packages
ADAMS Full
Simulation Package
    
Products
ADAMS/View       4     
ADAMS/PostProcessor       4     
ADAMS/Insight     
ADAMS/Solver Task     
ADAMS/Solver SMP       
ADAMS/Vibration     
ADAMS/Durability       4     
ADAMS/Controls 5     
ADAMS/Flex     
ADAMS/AutoFlex     
ADAMS/Linear     
ADAMS/Hydraulics     
Industry Products
ADAMS/Aircraft
Landing Gear
    
ADAMS/Aircraft
Handling Tire
    
ADAMS/Rail     
Automotive Products
ADAMS/Car
Suspension Design
ADAMS/Car
Conceptual Suspension
ADAMS/Car
Vehicle Dynamics
ADAMS/Car RealTime
Standalone 6
              
ADAMS/Car RealTime
Embedded 6
              
ADAMS/Car Ride     
ADAMS/Chassis          
ADAMS/Driveline     
ADAMS/Driver     
ADAMS/Engine
Base
ADAMS/Engine
Valvetrain
ADAMS/Engine
Chain Drive
ADAMS/Engine
Timing Belt
ADAMS/Engine
Accessory Drive
ADAMS/Engine
Basic Cranktrain
ADAMS/Engine
Advanced Cranktrain
ADAMS/Engine
Gear
ADAMS/Engine
Piston
ADAMS/Tire
Handling
    
ADAMS/Tire
3D Contact
    
ADAMS/Tire
FTire
    
ADAMS/Tire
SWIFT
    
ADAMS/Tire
Motorcycle Tire
    
ADAMS/3D Road     
CAD Interface Products
ADAMS/Exchange     

Notes:

1  HP PA-RISC processors only.
2  Intel IA-32 processors: Intel Pentium 3, Pentium 4, Pentium, and Xeon.
3  QA performed on 6.5.14, expected to work on levels above this.
4  MATLAB support is not available on this platform. Please see the Known Issues section of the Release Notes for this product.
5  ADAMS/Controls is supported on these platforms. However, partner product support varies. Please also see the Known Issues
    section of the ADAMS/Controls Release Notes and Knowledge Base Article 12445.

6  The new ADAMS/Car RealTime products on the CD is a pre-release version. Please check Product Updates on the MSC.ADAMS
    Product Support Web site to download the final release of this product.

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Dropped Platforms and Transition Plans

Each release we review the platforms and operating systems changes by our partners and in the industry, and address
these changes in our release.

Platforms no longer supported after the 2005 release
Platform
Final Release Supported
Migration Platform

IBM RS/6000 AIX 4.3.3

2005

IBM RS/6000 AIX 5.1

Red Hat Linux 9.0

2005

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0



Platforms dropped for the 2005 release
Platform Recommended Platform

Sun UltraSPARC/Solaris 7

Sun UltraSPARC/Solaris 9



Platforms considered for future termination of support
Platform Recommended Platform

SGI IRIX

Other supported UNIX or Windows Platform

 


Updated: 02/09/2005

Hardware Specifications
Version 2003
Version 12.0
Version 11.0
Version 10.1
Version 10.0