Purpose

This book describes installation and configuration topics related to the Release 11.7 for the following operating systems:

Windows 2003, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows 8, and Windows 2012 Server (64bit) for the Intel architecture

Unless otherwise noted, platform references throughout this guide have been simplified for readability. In general Windows refers to all supported Windows 32-bit operating systems: Windows 2003 and Windows XP Professional.

Windows 64-bit is a server-only platform. See WindowsInstallation Requirements for information on the products supported on Windows 64-bit, and see Working in the OpenEdge Environment in Windows for information on Windows 64-bit functionality.

Note: Virtualization software, such as Citrix Presentation Server and VMware, are not described in this manual. Details about virtualization software support are documented in OpenEdge 11 Platform and Product Availability Guide.

UNIX and Linux

Unless otherwise noted, platform references throughout this guide have been simplified for readability. UNIX refers to UNIX and Linux.