CA Clarity PPM v12 Product Architecture Stack (PAS)

This document contains general platform information for CA Clarity PPM v12.
Many of the products below are not shipped with CA Clarity PPM and must be acquired directly by the customer. The software
included with CA Clarity PPM is listed in Appendix A. Refer to your licensing agreement for more information.

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Components
Server
Components
Sun Solaris Microsoft Windows
Hewlett Packard
HP-UX
Linux IBM AIX
Server Operating
System
1)

Solaris 9 SPARC
32-bit or 64-bit:
any maintenance
release
Solaris 10
SPARC 32-bit or
64-bit: any
maintenance
release
Windows 2003 Server
32-bit or 64-bit
Standard Edition or
Enterprise Edition up to
SP2
Windows 2008 Server
32-bit or 64-bit
Standard Edition or
Enterprise Edition up to
SP2
HP-UX 11iv2
IA64: any
maintenance
release
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4 32-bit or 64-bit
for x86 chipsets: any
maintenance release
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 32-bit or 64-bit
for x86 chipsets: any
maintenance release
SUSE Enterprise Linux
9 32-bit or 64-bit for
x86 chipsets: any
maintenance release
1a)

SUSE Enterprise Linux
10 32-bit or 64-bit for
x86 chipsets: any
maintenance release
1a)

AIX 5.3: any
maintenance release
Virtualization None VMWare ESX 3.0 None VMWare ESX 3.0 None
Database
2)

Oracle 9.2 Standard and Enterprise Edition: version 9.2.0.7 or higher
2a)

Oracle 10.2 Standard and Enterprise Edition: version 10.2.0.4 or higher
2a)

Oracle 11.1 Standard and Enterprise Edition: version 11.1.0.6 or higher
2a)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition: Any Service Pack
2b)

Database
Interface
CA Clarity PPM DataDirect Type 4 Drivers for Oracle and SQL Server (included in CA Clarity PPM distribution)
Java Runtime
Sun J2SDK 1.5.0:
version 1.5.0_10 or
higher
Sun J2SDK
1.5.0: version 1.5.0_10 or
higher
HP JDK 5.0: version
5.0.04 or higher
Sun J2SDK 1.5.0:
version 1.5.0_10 or
higher
IBM Java 5 32-bit or 64-
bit: any maintenance
release
Application
Server
Apache Tomcat 5.5: version 5.5.17 or higher
BEA WebLogic 9.2: any Service Pack
IBM WebSphere 6.1: 6.1.0.1 - 6.1.0.11 or 6.1.0.17 + iFix 6.1.0.17-WS-WAS-IFPK722525C.pak (APAR PK722525)
Report Server
BusinessObjects XI R2 SP3
3a)

Actuate 9 iServer
3b)
Service Pack 1 or higher
Mail Server Any SMTP/IMAPI/POP3 mail server may be used. CA Clarity PPM does not explicitly support any one vendor.

Notes:
1)
CA Clarity PPM is supported on any localized version of the supported operating systems.
a)
CA Clarity PPM on SUSE Linux connecting to a Microsoft
SQL Server database is not currently supported.
2)
Databases can be run on any vendor-supported operating system.
a)
Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) is supported. Transparent Application Failover
(TAF) in a RAC is supported on 10g & 11g only.
b)
SQL Server Named Instances is supported. SQL Server Clustering is supported with manual intervention
after a database failure to restart failed background processes.
3a)
BusinessObjects XI R2 SP3 (BOXI) is supported on only those operating systems listed above excluding HP-UX Itanium. HP-UX Itanium will be
supported in an upcoming release. BOXI is supported only on those applications servers listed above, though the Apache Tomcat server is recommended.
The BOXI CMS database is supported on MySQL (the default) or the Oracle or SQL Server versions listed above.
3b)
Actuate iServer is not currently
supported on HP-UX Itanium, SUSE Linux, or RedHat Linux. The reporting server may reside on a separate server with a supported configuration apart from
the CA Clarity PPM server.
4)
See Appendix C for further platform and operating system compatibility for operation in FIPS 140-2 compliant mode and IPv6 networking capability.


CA Clarity PPM v12 Product Architecture Stack (PAS)
This document contains general platform information for CA Clarity PPM v12.
Many of the products below are not shipped with CA Clarity PPM and must be acquired directly by the customer. The software
included with CA Clarity PPM is listed in Appendix A. Refer to your licensing agreement for more information.

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Optional Server Components
Single Sign On Integration
CA eTrust SiteMinder 6.0: any maintenance release
LDAP Integration
Novell eDirectory 8.7.1: any maintenance release
Sun ONE Directory Server 5: any maintenance release
Microsoft Windows Active Directory 2000 or 2003: any Service Pack
SharePoint Server
Integration
Integration requires Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) or greater with Microsoft Office Web Components.
Both Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 are supported if you
use them with WSS 3.0.


Client Components Microsoft Windows Apple Mac OS Desktop Linux
Client Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional: Service Pack 2 or
higher
Microsoft Windows Vista, all
editions
Mac OS X: release 10.3 or higher Any vendor or version with support
for browsers listed below.
Client Browser
Internet Explorer 5.5: Service
Pack 2
Internet Explorer 6.0: Service
Pack 1 (version 6.0.2800) or
higher
Internet Explorer 7.0
Firefox: version 2.0 or higher
Safari: version 2.0.1 or higher
Firefox: version 2.0 or higher
Firefox: version 2.0 or higher
Client Applications
Microsoft Excel XP-2007, all
editions. Note: Excel 2002 or
higher is required for Export to
Excel functionality.
Microsoft Project XP-2007, all
editions
Java 5 Runtime Environment
(required for Open Workbench,
CA Clarity PPM Microsoft Project
interface, and XOG Client):
1.5.0_10 or higher patch level
Adobe SVG Viewer (for viewing
graphs and charts using Internet
Explorer). Version 3.03 (all
languages) or version 6 (English
only).
Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher (for
reading CA Clarity PPM
installation guides, technical
manuals, user guides, and offline
reports)
Actuate e.Report Designer Pro
version 8 or higher (required only
for custom report development):
Client software version must
match or pre-date iServer version
Crystal Reports XI Designer
(required only for custom report
development): any service pack
Microsoft Office Excel.
Mac OS Preview PDF viewer (for
reading CA Clarity PPM installation
guides, technical manuals and user
guides)
No MS Project support
No Open Workbench support
No Actuate Report Designer support
No Crystal Report Designer support
No Offline Timesheet support
Acrobat Reader 7.0 or higher (for
reading CA Clarity PPM installation
guides, technical manuals, user
guides, and offline reports)
No Excel Export support
No MS Project support
No Open Workbench support
No Actuate Report Designer
support
No Crystal Report Designer support
No Offline Timesheet support
CA Clarity PPM v12 Product Architecture Stack (PAS)
This document contains general platform information for CA Clarity PPM v12.
Many of the products below are not shipped with CA Clarity PPM and must be acquired directly by the customer. The software
included with CA Clarity PPM is listed in Appendix A. Refer to your licensing agreement for more information.

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Client Components Microsoft Windows Apple Mac OS Desktop Linux
Third-party SOAP
Integration Toolkits
MS Visual Studio 2005 (.NET
Framework 2.0)
Apache AXIS 1.3
Apache AXIS 1.3 Apache AXIS 1.3
Minimum Client Hardware
Configuration
1 GHz Pentium III 512 MB
(power users)
1 GHz Pentium III 256 MB (all
other users)
Macintosh with G3 or Intel processor
256 MB
1 GHz Pentium III 256 MB

CA Clarity PPM Internationalization and Localization
CA Clarity PPM is fully internationalized and supports currently 15 languages (see table below), as well as a total of 100+ regional settings
for date, time, and number formatting.

Supported Languages
English
French
German
Japanese
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese
Italian
Danish
Dutch
Swedish
Czech
Finnish
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Note: Not all languages are supported by third-party applications. Refer to the documentation for those products for more information on
languages that they support.
Locale Certification Testing
In addition to internal internationalization and localization verification, a thorough certification testing was performed by VeriTest of
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc for the CA Clarity 8.0 release. The certification testing included functional, internationalization and localization
verification of CA Clarity on specific localized platforms and was performed for select locales and on select releases only. The tables below
are grouped by release.

CA Clarity 8.0
Locale
CA Clarity
Release
Details
Japanese 8.0 FP01 Operating System
Japanese Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Japanese Solaris 10
Java Runtime
Sun Java SDK 1.5.0
Database
Japanese Oracle 10g
Japanese Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Application Server
Apache Tomcat 5.5.17
Reporting
Actuate 8.0 iServer SP1
Languages Verified
Japanese
CA Clarity PPM v12 Product Architecture Stack (PAS)
This document contains general platform information for CA Clarity PPM v12.
Many of the products below are not shipped with CA Clarity PPM and must be acquired directly by the customer. The software
included with CA Clarity PPM is listed in Appendix A. Refer to your licensing agreement for more information.

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Locale
CA Clarity
Release
Details
Korean 8.0 FP01 Operating System
Korean Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Java Runtime
Sun Java SDK 1.5.0
Database
Korean Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Application Server
Apache Tomcat 5.5.17
Reporting
Actuate 8.0 iServer SP1
Languages Verified
Korean
Chinese 8.0 FP01 Operating System
Simplified Chinese Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Java Runtime
Sun Java SDK 1.5.0
Database
Simplified Chinese Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Application Server
Apache Tomcat 5.5.17
Reporting
Actuate 8.0 iServer SP1
Languages Verified
Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
French 8.0 FP01 Operating System
French Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Java Runtime
Sun Java SDK 1.5.0
Database
French Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Application Server
Apache Tomcat 5.5.17
Reporting
Actuate 8.0 iServer SP1
Languages Verified
French, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Czech
German 8.0 FP01 Operating System
German Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Java Runtime
Sun Java SDK 1.5.0
Database
German Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Application Server
Apache Tomcat 5.5.17
Reporting
Actuate 8.0 iServer SP1
Languages Verified
German, French, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Czech


CA Clarity PPM v12 Product Architecture Stack (PAS)
This document contains general platform information for CA Clarity PPM v12.
Many of the products below are not shipped with CA Clarity PPM and must be acquired directly by the customer. The software
included with CA Clarity PPM is listed in Appendix A. Refer to your licensing agreement for more information.

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Appendix A: Products Included with CA Clarity PPM
The following table includes third-party software licensed and shipped with CA Clarity PPM. All software below is included on the CA Clarity PPM Installation
DVD.

Component Notes
Java Runtime The JDK installers for all supported operating systems.
Application Server Apache Tomcat for all supported operating systems.
Report Server BusinessObjects XI R2 SP3. Actuate iServer is no longer licensed and shipped with CA Clarity PPM.

BEA WebLogic and IBM WebSphere are not included with CA Clarity PPM. Customers wishing to use either of these over Tomcat must acquire these
licenses independent of CA Clarity PPM.
Actuate eReport Designer is not included with CA Clarity PPM. eReport Designer Pro is required only for custom report development in CA Clarity PPM.
Crystal Reports Designer is not included with CA Clarity PPM. This is required only for custom report development.
CA Clarity PPM v12 Product Architecture Stack (PAS)
This document contains general platform information for CA Clarity PPM v12.
Many of the products below are not shipped with CA Clarity PPM and must be acquired directly by the customer. The software
included with CA Clarity PPM is listed in Appendix A. Refer to your licensing agreement for more information.

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Appendix B: Change History
Changes in 12.0
Component Description
Server OS
Removed Windows 2000.
Removed Solaris 8.
Removed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
Removed AIX 5.2.
Added Windows 2008.
Added SUSE Linux 10.
Added RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.
Virtualization Added Linux (SUSE and RedHat) support on VMWare ESX Server 3
Database
Removed Oracle 10.1 support.
Added Oracle 11g support.
Client Applications Removed Microsoft Office 2000 support.

Changes since 8.1
Component Description Release
Client Applications
Minimum Adobe Reader version is now 7.0. Older versions of
the Reader software are not guaranteed to work with all newer
PDF documents.
Fix Pack 01
Server OS Support for Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 Fix Pack 02
Database Support for MS SQL 2005 Cluster Fix Pack 03
Server OS Removed support for HP-UX 11iv1 PA-RISC Release 8.1.1
Network Support for IPv6 in Windows Release 8.1.1
Report Server
Support for BusinessObjects XI R2 SP3
Support for Actuate 9 iServer (upgrade customers only)
Release 8.1.1
Client Applications Added support for eReport Designer Pro 9. Release 8.1.1

CA Clarity PPM v12 Product Architecture Stack (PAS)
This document contains general platform information for CA Clarity PPM v12.
Many of the products below are not shipped with CA Clarity PPM and must be acquired directly by the customer. The software
included with CA Clarity PPM is listed in Appendix A. Refer to your licensing agreement for more information.

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Changes in 8.1
Component Description
Virtualization Added VMWare ESX Server 3
Database Removed Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Customers must use SQL Server 2005.
Client OS Added Microsoft Windows Vista
Client Browsers Added Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 and Macintosh Safari 2.0.1.
Client Applications
Added Microsoft Office 2007. Includes Project 2007 scheduler integration as well as Excel 2007 for Offline
Timesheets and Export to Excel.
Changes since 8.0
Component Description Release
Client OS
Added Desktop Linux, any vendor or version supporting Firefox
2.0 or higher.
Fix Pack 02
Client Browsers
Removed Firefox 1.5 support. Firefox 2.0 or higher is
supported.
Fix Pack 02
Languages Added Danish Fix Pack 02
Java Runtime
Client and Server JRE updated to 1.5.0_10 or higher due to
security vulnerability found in prior version.
(All)
Changes in 8.0
Component Description
Server OS
Added Solaris 10
Added SUSE Enterprise Linux 9
Database
Removed Oracle 8i. Existing 8i customers must upgrade to version 9i or 10g.
Updated minimum Oracle 9i patch level to 9.2.0.7 for required bug fixes. Updated minimum Oracle 10g
Release 1 patch level to 10.1.0.4 for required bug fixes. 10g Release 2 minimum patch level is unchanged.
Removed Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3. Service Pack 4 is now required.
Database Interface Removed Oracle JDBC Driver. Clarity DataDirect drivers are now required for both SQL Server and Oracle.
Java Runtime Server Java version is now 5 (JDK 1.5) for all platforms. JDK 1.4 is removed.
Application Server
Added Apache Tomcat 5.5. Orion is removed. Existing Orion customers will be upgraded to Tomcat.
Added BEA WebLogic 9.2. Version 8.1 is removed. Existing WebLogic 8.1 customers must upgrade to 9.2. This
is required for Java 5.0 support.
Added IBM WebSphere 6.1. Versions 5.1 and 6.0 are removed. Existing WebSphere customers must upgrade
to 6.1. This is required for Java 5 support.
The three supported application server vendors are now supported across all supported operating systems.
Report Server Added Actuate 8.0 SP1. Version 7.0 is removed. Existing customers must upgrade to 8.0 SP1.
Single Sign On
CA eTrust SiteMinder is now generally supported for any platform supported by both SiteMinder and Clarity.
This includes configurations with Tomcat 5.5, WebLogic and WebSphere application servers.
Mail Server Added new Mail Server category to clarify.
Client Browsers Removed support for Firefox 1.0 and Mozilla browsers. Only Firefox 1.5 or higher are now supported.
Client Applications
Added Java 5 (JDK 1.5) and removed JRE 1.4. Open Workbench, Microsoft Project and XOG users must
install the updated Java 5 Runtime Environment. These will not run on the older JRE.
Third-party SOAP
Integration Toolkits
New section containing SOAP toolkits certified against the Clarity XOG WSDL-driven web services.
CA Clarity PPM v12 Product Architecture Stack (PAS)
This document contains general platform information for CA Clarity PPM v12.
Many of the products below are not shipped with CA Clarity PPM and must be acquired directly by the customer. The software
included with CA Clarity PPM is listed in Appendix A. Refer to your licensing agreement for more information.

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Appendix C: FIPS Operating Mode Restrictions
Not all CA Clarity PPM platforms may support RSA BSAFE Crypto-J for FIPS 140-2 certification. The following table displays the compatible platforms and
operating systems documented by RSA. While other platforms may and likely will function correctly, CA cannot guarantee support for Crypto-J on any other
than those listed below.
Platform Information
Platform Operating System Number of Bits CPU Architecture Release
Microsoft
Windows

2003 Server
32 Intel x86 Sun JDK 1.5
Sun Solaris
9
10
32 32 bit extension for USparc V9 Sun JDK 1.5
Red Hat Linux
Advanced Server 3.0
32 Intel x86 Sun JDK 1.5

CA Clarity PPM v12 Product Architecture Stack (PAS)
This document contains general platform information for CA Clarity PPM v12.
Many of the products below are not shipped with CA Clarity PPM and must be acquired directly by the customer. The software
included with CA Clarity PPM is listed in Appendix A. Refer to your licensing agreement for more information.

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Appendix D: IPv6 Network Compatibility Restrictions
CA Clarity PPM is certified to operate in an IPv6 networking environment with restrictions. Other configurations of CA Clarity PPM using IPv6 may work but
have not been certified. Note that for mixed IPv6/IPv4 environments, it is assumed that the server instance utilizes two network interface cards, one
configured for IPv6 and the other for IPv4.
Platform Information
Platform Operating System
Server/Client
Component
Connectivity Network Configuration
Microsoft
Windows

2003 Server
Database
(SQLServer 2005)
IPv6 IPv6


Database
(SQLServer 2005)
IPv4 IPv6/IPv4


Database
(Oracle)
IPv4 IPv6/IPv4


LDAP IPv4 IPv6/IPv4


Reporting IPv4 IPv6/IPv4


Email IPv4 IPv6/IPv4


XOG IPv6 IPv6


XOG IPv4 IPv6/IPv4


OWB IPv6 IPv6


OWB IPv4 IPv6/IPv4