Operating System Version and Patches

Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 2 and higher (32-bit)

Supported for the design, development, and verification of applications; it is not supported for production server deployment.

Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed

Xeon, Pentium II or higher, x86, and compatible chip architectures (400 MHz)

SDK

Sun Java 2 SDK 1.3.1_03 with Java HotSpot^TM Client VM and all later service packs of 1.3.1

Bundled with BEA WebLogic Platform and installed, automatically, under the BEA Home directory.

WebLogic JRockit 7.0 (J2SE 1.3.1) and all later service packs of WebLogic JRockit 7.0

Supported on WebLogic Server 7.0 GA only.

Sun Java 2 SDK 1.3.1_02 with Java HotSpot^TM Client VM and all later service packs of 1.3.1

Supported on WebLogic Server 7.0 GA only.

Design and Development Tools

WebLogic Platform 7.0 supports WebLogic Builder, WebLogic Workshop IDE, WebLogic Portal E-Business Control Center, WebLogic Integration client tools (such as Studio, Worklist, and Format Builder), and other client tools.

For more information about WebLogic Platform design and development tools support, see Supported Configurations for Design and Development Tools in Version 7.0 GA in Supported Configurations for WebLogic Platform 7.0.

WebLogic Server 7.0 GA supports WebLogic Server development tools and the WebLogic Workshop IDE.

RAM

512 MB required; 1 GB recommended

Disk Space

For any components of WebLogic Platform or for the full WebLogic Platform product, see Disk Space Requirements.

Performance Pack

Included

Node Manager

Java

BEA jDrivers for Oracle

For this Oracle client version:

The following shared libraries are provided:

Oracle 8.1.7

• server/bin/oci817_8/weblogicoci38.dll

• server/bin/oci817_8/weblogicoxa38.dll

Oracle 9.0.1

• server/bin/oci901_8/weblogicoci38.dll

• server/bin/oci901_8/weblogicoxa38.dll

Issue

Workaround

JVM Heap Size Limitation

Although the JVM allows you to set heap size to values exceeding 2 GB, memory fragmentation and other Windows memory requirements typically limit the maximum contiguous address space available for Java applications to approximately 1.4 - 1.6 GB. For more information, see "Memory Support and Windows Operating Systems" at:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx