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MD Adams Hardware and Software Specifications



Hardware Vendor
Models and
Processors
Operating System
Fortran
C/C++
HP
PA-RISC
HP-UX
PA-8k based B-class,
C-class, J-class, and
rp-class servers
HP-UX 11i f90 3.0 c89 11.11.14
aCC 03.65
IBM
POWER
AIX
Power3, Power4, Power5,
Power5+

AIX 5.3
maintenance level 5

XLF 9.1

Visual Age C/C++ 8.0

Intel and AMD
x86
Linux
Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D,
Core 2 Duo, Xeon, and compatibles

Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4    2.6.9-34

g77 3.4.5-2-24,
Intel Fortran 9.1

g++ 3.4.5-2

Intel and AMD
x86-64
Linux
(32-bit)
Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo, Xeon, and compatibles

Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4    2.6.9-22

g77 3.4.4-2,
Intel Fortran 9.1

g++ 3.4.4-2

Intel and AMD
x86
Windows
Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo, Xeon, and compatibles Windows 2000,
Windows XP Professional

Intel Fortran 9.1

Visual Studio C++ .NET 2003,
Visual Studio C++ .NET 2005
Intel and AMD
x86-64
Windows
(WOW64)
Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo, Xeon, and compatibles Windows 2003 Server x64,
Windows XP Professional x64

Intel Fortran 9.1 for
x86 (32-bit)

Visual Studio C++ .NET 2003,
Visual Studio C++ .NET 2005
SGI
MIPS
IRIX
R14k, R15k, R16k IRIX 6.5.27 f77 7.4.2 C/C++ 7.4.2
Sun UltraSPARC
Solaris
UltraSPARC III-based
systems

Solaris 8, 9, 10

Sun Studio 8, 9, 10

Sun Studio 8, 9, 10

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System Requirements

Platform

Operating
System

System Patches

Disk Space

Memory and
Swap Space

HP
PA-RISC
HP-UX

HP-UX 11i

GOLDBASE11i   Gold Base Patches for HP-UX 11i v1,
                         December 2003
BUNDLE11i        B.11.11.0306.1 Required Patch
                         Bundle for HP-UX 11i, June 2003
PHCO_31923    libc cumulative header file patch
PHKL_30100     Psets, vPar, Xserver, T600
                         HPMC KRNG, early LPMC
PHCO_95167    Fortran90 patch
PHSS_28303     LIBCL patch
PHSS_28880     HP aC++ -AA runtime libraries
                         (aCC A.03.50)
PHSS_29371     X/Motif Runtime Periodic Patch
PHSS_30049     ld(1) and linker to cumulative patch
PHSS_30170     Xserver cumulative patch
PHSS_30174     3D Common Run
PHSS_30496     OpenGL 1.1 Run
PHSS_30504     Xserver cumulative patch
PHSS_31281     Xserver cumulative patch

1.3 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

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

Swap = 2 x RAM

IBM
POWER
AIX

AIX 5.3

Maintenance Level 5

1.1 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel and AMD
x86
Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Enterprise Linux Kernel revision 2.6.9-34

1.3 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel and AMD
x86-64
Linux
(32-bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Enterprise Linux Kernel revision 2.6.9-22

1.3 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel and AMD
x86
Windows

Windows 2000

Windows 2000 SP4

1.3 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel and AMD
x86
Windows

Windows XP Professional

Windows XP Professional SP1,
Windows XP Professional SP2

1.3 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Intel and AMD
x86-64
Windows
(WOW64)

Windows 2003 Server x64,
Windows XP Professional x64

Windows XP Professional x64 SP1

1.3 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

SGI
MIPS
IRIX

IRIX 6.5.27

Support Levels above 6.5.27m are expected to work under the SGI published,
   "The Mandate of Application Compatibility in
     SGI IRIX 6.5"

1.3 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Sun
UltraSPARC
Solaris

Solaris 8

Recommended patch bundle later than 1/14/2003
Generic_108528-18
Latest revisions of patches: 106950 and 10813

1.2 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Sun
UltraSPARC
Solaris

Solaris 9

Recommended patch bundle later than 8/14/2003
Generic_112233-08
Latest revisions of patch: 111711

1.2 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

Sun
UltraSPARC
Solaris

Solaris 10

Latest revisions of patches:
113886, 113887, 118676, 116298, 116302,
117832, 117834, 117836, 117830, 117840,
117844, 118678, 117838

1.2 Gb

512 Mb Minimum
    1 Gb Recommended

Swap = 2 x RAM

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Graphics Requirements

Platform
Operating System
System Runtime Libraries
Validated Graphics Hardware
HP
PA-RISC
HP-UX

HP-UX 11i

X11-R6, CDE/Motif, OpenGL 1.1

Fire GL-UX

IBM
POWER
AIX

AIX 5.3

X11.base.rte 5.3.0.30,
OpenGL.OpenGL_X.rte.base 5.3

GXT3000, GXT4500P
Intel and AMD
x86
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
X11, OpenGL 1.2 The 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 AMD
x86-64
Linux
(32-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
X11, OpenGL 1.2 The 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 AMD
x86
Windows

Windows 2000,
Windows XP Professional

Open GL 1.2

The 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 AMD
x86-64
Windows
(WOW64)

Windows 2003 Server x64,
Windows XP Professional x64

Open GL 1.2

The 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.
SGI
MIPS
IRIX

IRIX 6.5.27

X11/Motif, OpenGL

VPro Graphics systems

Sun
UltraSPARC
Solaris
Solaris 8
Solaris 9
Solaris 10
X11 (CDE), OpenGL 1.2
X11 (CDE), OpenGL 1.3
X11 (CDE), OpenGL 1.3
Expert 3D, XVR 1000
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Licensing Requirements

Platform

Hostname Retrieval

Host ID Retrieval

HP
PA-RISC
HP-UX

From a shell window, enter the command:

hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:

uname -I

then convert the number to hex.

IBM
POWER
AIX

From a shell window, enter the command:

hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:

uname -l

Intel and AMD
x86
Linux

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 AMD
x86-64
Linux
(32-bit)

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 AMD
x86
Windows

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

hostname

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

ipconfig /all

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

Intel and AMD
x86-64
Windows
(WOW64)

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

hostname

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

ipconfig /all

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

SGI
MIPS
IRIX

From a shell window, enter the command:

hostname

From a shell window, enter the command:

sysinfo -s

then convert the number to hex.

Sun
UltraSPARC
Solaris

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
PA-RISC
IBM
POWER
Intel & AMD
x86
Linux
1
Intel & AMD
x86-64
Linux
(32-bit) 1
Intel & AMD
x86
Windows
1
Intel & AMD
x86-64
Windows
1
(WOW64)
SGI
MIPS
Sun
UltraSPARC
Operating
Systems
11i AIX 5.3 Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux
Windows 2000,
Windows XP
Professional
Windows 2003
Server x64,
Windows XP
Professional x64
IRIX 6.5.27 2 Solaris
8, 9, 10
Graphics
Drivers
X11,
OpenGL
X11,
OpenGL
X11,
OpenGL
X11,
OpenGL
Microsoft
Windows Driver,
OpenGL
Microsoft
Windows Driver,
OpenGL
X11,
OpenGL
X11,
OpenGL
MD Adams Package
Adams/View dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/PostProcessor dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Solver dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Solver SMP dot dot dot dot dot dot spacer dot
Adams/Insight dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Durability dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Controls 3 dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Flex dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Linear dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Vibration dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
MD Adams/Car Package
Adams/3D Road dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Car
Suspension Design
dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Car
Vehicle Dynamics
dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Car Ride dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Chassis dot spacer dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Driveline dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/SmartDriver dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
Adams/Tire Handling dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot
MD Adams/Tire FTire dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot

Notes:
1 Intel IA-32 and x64 processors: Pentium 4, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo, Xeon and AMD compatibles.
2 QA performed on 6.5.27, but MD Adams is expected to work on levels above this.
3 MD Adams/Controls is supported on these platforms. However, partner product support varies.
   Please see the Support Versions of Integration Products table posted on the MD Adams Product Support Web site
   or and Knowledge Base Article Knowledge Base Article 1-53024309.

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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. We make this information available to you for hardware planning. We welcome you input on platform support. Please communicate platform support needs to your MSC Sales Representative.

Platforms no longer supported after this release

Platform
Final Release Supported Migration Platform

SGI MIPS IRIX

MD Adams

Other supported UNIX or Windows Platforms

Sun Solaris 8

MD Adams

Solaris 9, 10 or other supported UNIX or Windows platforms


updated: 06/21/07