| General Requirements |
| Product/Feature |
Requirement |
Specification |
| Applicable for all Abaqus products supported
on this platform |
Processor |
X86-64 |
| OS Level1 |
• Windows XP 64
• Windows Server 2003 64-bit
• Windows Server 2008 64-bit 2
• Windows Vista 64 2
• Windows CCS |
Notes:
1For Abaqus 6.8 the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 32-bit runtime libraries are required to run Geometry Translators and CAD Interfaces with Abaqus/CAE on the Windows/x86-64 platform. Installation of the Microsoft C++ 2005 64-bit Runtime package is required for Windows 64-bit operating systems. For more information see Answer 3605 in the SIMULIA Online Support System. For Abaqus 6.8-EF the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 32-bit and 64-bit runtime libraries are required to run Abaqus.
2 Although some Vista editions have not undergone formal qualification testing, Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate editions are all considered compatible with Abaqus V6.8 and are supported. See the Test Configurations web page for tested Vista editions. |
| Additional Requirements |
| Product/Feature |
Requirement |
Specification |
| Abaqus/CAE, Abaqus/Viewer |
Graphics |
Abaqus 6.8 Graphics Devices |
| Building post processing applications (Abaqus make utility
with C++) |
C++ Compiler |
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP13
|
| User Subroutines and building post processing applications
with Fortran (Abaqus make utility with Fortran and Abaqus user subroutines) |
Fortran Compiler |
• Intel Visual Fortran 9.14
• Intel Visual Fortran 10.14 |
Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based parallel execution |
Library |
• Windows Compute Cluster Server with Windows Compute Cluster Pack 1.1
• Windows Server 2003 with Windows Compute Cluster Pack 1.1
• HPMPI 2.5.5.1 -
See Answer 3551 to download HP MPI |
Abaqus/Standard & Abaqus/Explicit
MPI-based Distributed Memory Parallel execution |
Interconnect |
• 1000 Mbps Ethernet
See Answer 3097 for more information on use of DMP on Windows/x86-64. |
| FSI Co-simulation using MpCCI |
MpCCI
(Fraunhofer
SCAI)
|
MpCCI Version 3.0.6-20 |
| Abaqus installation |
DVD-ROM5 |
Mounted automatically |
Notes:
3Visual C++ 2005 is also known as Visual C++ 8.0
4Intel Visual Fortran may require additional software pre-requisites. See the Intel Visual Fortran release notes and Answer 3702 for more information.
5See Answer 3184 for information about the transition from CD to DVD media began with Abaqus 6.7-EF, released in Q4-2007 |