ANSYS Computing Platform Support January 2015 ANSYS is committed to providing timely releases of high-quality software products on current computing platforms that are well-suited for engineering simulations. We monitor industry trends and customer needs in order to select the right computing platforms to certify and support, periodically eliminating support for aging platforms and adding support for new platforms. This document provides a high-level summary of our current platform support strategy and near-term plans. ANSYS General Platform Support Strategy The ANSYS platform support strategy is as follows: We focus on support of Windows and Linux operating systems, running on x64 processors from Intel and AMD. These are the dominant platforms for engineering simulation today. We support Enterprise editions of Linux from Red Hat and SUSE. Unlike consumer editions or open-source versions, Enterprise Linux versions provide long-term operating system stability and product maintainability. Other Linux variants are not currently supported. As we increase our focus on virtual and cloud based computing we aim to add platforms well suited to these environments. ANSYS 16.0 Supported Platforms ANSYS 16.0 is the latest released version. The specific operating system versions supported by ANSYS 16.0 products and License Manager are documented and posted at http://www.ansys.com/Support/Platform+Support. ANSYS 16.0 includes support for the following: Windows 7 (64-bit Professional and Enterprise versions) Windows 8.1 (64-bit Professional and Enterprise versions) Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (64-bit), Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4 and 6.5 (64-bit) SUSE Enterprise Linux Server and Desktop (SLES / SLED) 11 SP2-SP3 (64-bit) In addition, ANSYS 16.0 also supports the following Infrastructure: VMware vSphere 5.5 (Windows 7, 64-bit only) Hypervisor virtual machine Citrix XenServer 6.2 (Windows 7, 64-bit only) Hypervisor virtual machine Citrix XenServer 6.2 (RHEL 6.4, 6.5 and SLES 11 SP2-SP3, 64-bit only) Hypervisor virtual machine Not all applications are supported on all of these platforms. See detailed information, by product, at the URL noted above. Platforms Dropped at ANSYS 16.0 The following platforms previously supported in ANSYS 15.0 are no longer supported for ANSYS 16.0 applications and License Manager: Windows XP Windows 7 (32-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.7-5.9, and 6.2-6.3 (64-bit) SUSE Enterprise Linux Server and Desktop (SLES / SLED) 11 SP1 (64-bit) Platforms to be Dropped in 2015 and 2016 Tables 1 and 2, at the end of this letter, summarize the platform support roadmap for ANSYS products. As shown in the tables, ANSYS 16.0 will be the last release on the following platforms: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.4 SUSE Enterprise Linux Server and Desktop (SLES / SLED) 11 SP2 You should begin migration away from these platforms to prepare for the ANSYS releases in 2015 and beyond. ANSYS Quality Assurance Services ANSYS Quality Assurance (QA) Services customers should refer to the release Installation Guide for details on which platforms are supported. Typically, QA Services and the associated Verification Testing Packages will be available for the same platforms as ANSYS 16.0. Contact the ANSYS, Inc. Corporate Quality Group at [email protected] for information about ANSYS, Inc.'s QA Services. Feedback? If you have any questions or concerns about our platform support, please contact our technical support team, or send an e-mail to [email protected]. In addition, if you have platforms that you would like us to consider supporting in the future, please e-mail those requests to [email protected]. Your feedback is important to us and will determine our future platform support plans. Table 1: ANSYS Roadmap – Windows Platform (all 64-bit) ANSYS 16.0 ANSYS 16.1 ANSYS 16.2 ANSYS 17.0 Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)** Windows Server 2012 R2 Professional & Enterprise versions only Professional & Enterprise versions only Windows 10* Professional & Enterprise versions only Standard edition ANSYS Applications & License Manager * if feasible ** HPC Server and Standard editions Table 2: ANSYS Roadmap – Linux Platform (all 64-bit) RHEL 6.4 ANSYS 16.0 ANSYS 16.1 ANSYS 16.2 ANSYS 17.0 RHEL 6.5 RHEL 6.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4* SUSE Linux Enterprise 2012 SP0* Professional & Enterprise versions only Professional & Enterprise versions only Professional & Enterprise versions only RHEL 7.0* Professional & Enterprise versions only RHEL 7.1* Professional & Enterprise versions only SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 Desktop (SLED) Server (SLES) editions SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 Desktop (SLED) Server (SLES) editions Desktop (SLED) Server (SLES) editions Desktop (SLED) Server (SLES) editions ANSYS Applications & License Manager * if feasible
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