User guide

Chapter 3. Installation and configuration of IBM InfoSphere

Information Server and related components

Describes how to install and configure the various IBM InfoSphere Information

Server and other related components that are required for Alcatel-Lucent 5620

SAM LogToFile 2.3.0.0 Technology Pack such as:

Components

v IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.7

v IBM InfoSphere Information Server Client 8.7

v Apache ActiveMQ 5.5.1

v Oracle Client 11g

Planning for IBM InfoSphere Information Server software installation

Ensure that hardware and software requirements for the product modules that you

want to install are met on your computers.

For latest information about the installation requirements, see these resources:

v System Requirements

Restriction: You can install the IBM InfoSphere Information Server on a

computer that has Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86_64 version 5.5 or later.

v Release Notes

Installing IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.7 software

IBM

InfoSphere

™

Information Server includes a set of collaborative product

modules and components that you can distribute across multiple computers. This

section describes how to install and remove the InfoSphere Information Server and

InfoSphere Information Server client software.

Installing IBM InfoSphere Information Server by using the

wizard (graphical mode)

You can run the installation program locally by using a web browser on the target

computer. Alternatively, you can use a web browser on any system in a distributed

environment.

Before you begin

During the initial installation session, install the required product modules that

you plan to use either now or in future. If you install only some of the product

modules now, and then install fixes and service packs, you must reinstall the fixes

and service packs as you add the product modules later.

Note: Ensure that the system has only RHEL 5.5 or later installed and no other

components on it. You can install the other components as and when required.

Ensure that you disable the firewall by using the following step: