All required network software that is supplied by your database system vendors must be 64-bit compliant.

  • The library path environment variable is:
    • LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Linux, HP-UX Itanium, and Oracle Solaris
    • LIBPATH on AIX

AIX

  • IBM POWER Processor
  • An application compatible with components that were built using Visual Age C++ version 6.0.0.0 and the AIX native threading model

HP-UX

  • Intel Itanium II (IPF) processor
  • HP aC++ v. 5.36 and the HP-UX 11 native (kernel) threading model (posix draft 10 threads)

The following drivers are supported on IPF:

DataDirect Connect64 for ODBC drivers
  • Progress OpenEdge Wire Protocol
  • Sybase Wire Protocol
  • Text
DataDirect Connect64 XE for ODBC drivers
  • Greenplum Wire Protocol
  • Impala Wire Protocol
  • Teradata

Linux

  • The following processors are supported:
    • Intel Itanium II (IPF)
    • x64: Intel and AMD
  • For Itanium II: an application compatible with components that were built using g++ GNU project C++ Compiler version 3.3.2 and the Linux native pthread threading model (Linuxthreads)
  • For x64: an application compatible with components that were built using g++ GNU project C++ Compiler version 3.4 and the Linux native pthread threading model (Linuxthreads)
Note: The Greenplum Wire Protocol driver is the only Connect XE driver supported on Linux Itanium. II.

Oracle Solaris

  • The following processors are supported:
    • Oracle SPARC
    • x64: Intel and AMD
  • For Oracle SPARC: An application compatible with components that were built using Oracle Workshop v. 6 update 2 and the Solaris native (kernel) threading model
  • For x64: An application compatible with components that were built using Oracle C++ Compiler version 5.8 and the Solaris native (kernel) threading model

All of the standard 32-bit UNIX drivers are supported on Solaris SPARC. For x64,The following drivers are supported for Oracle Solaris:

DataDirect Connect for ODBC drivers
  • Sybase Wire Protocol
DataDirect Connect XE for ODBC drivers
  • Greenplum Wire Protocol
  • Impala Wire Protocol