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System Requirements: Model Manager Server Version 6.3

Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements for the Model Manager server include:

  • A network card and internet connection for installing the server
  • At least 4 GB of memory for the Model Manager server installation
  • About 1 GB of disk space for the Model Manager server installation, depending on your installation options
  • The following processors:
    • An Intel® or AMD® 64-bit processor based on the Intel® 64 or AMD64 architecture with the SSE4 instruction set:
      • Intel® processors released in 2009 or later and AMD® processors released in 2012 or later satisfy this requirement.
    • Apple silicon processors (M1 and later), supported with macOS
    • ARM64 processors, supported with Linux®

In addition, Adobe Acrobat® Reader is required to view and print the COMSOL documentation in PDF format.

For more guidance on memory and disk space requirements for the Model Manager server databases, please see the "Installation Planning" section in the Model Manager Server Manual.

License Requirements

The Model Manager server server requires a floating network license (FNL).

Operating System Requirements

64-Bit Operating Systems

Architecture Windows® macOS Linux®

Intel® 64

AMD64

  • Windows® 11
  • Windows® 11 Pro for Workstations
  • Windows® 10
  • Windows® 10 Pro for Workstations
  • Windows Server® 2022
  • Windows Server® 2019
  • Windows Server® 2016
  • macOS 12
  • macOS 13
  • macOS 14
  • macOS 15
  • Debian® 11 and 12
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 8.10 and 9.4
  • Rocky Linux™ 8.10 and 9.4
  • Oracle® Linux® 8.10 and 9.4
  • Ubuntu® 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04
  • SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop® 15 SP6
  • OpenSUSE® Leap 15.6
  • Amazon Linux 2023
ARM64 (including Apple silicon processors like M1) Not supported
  • macOS 13
  • macOS 14
  • macOS 15
  • Debian® 11 and 12
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 8.8 and 9.2
  • Rocky Linux™ 8.8 and 9.2
  • Oracle® Linux® 8.8 and 9.2
  • Ubuntu® 20.04 and 22.04
  • Amazon Linux 2023

OS-Specific System Requirements

Linux® (Intel® 64 and AMD64)
  • GNU C Library version 2.28 or later
  • Linux® kernel 4.18 or later
Linux® (ARM64)
  • GNU C Library version 2.28 or later
  • Linux® kernel 4.18 or later

FlexNet® License Manager

The system requirements for the license manager are the same as for COMSOL Multiphysics®. COMSOL Multiphysics® version 6.3 is not generally compatible with FlexNet® License Manager versions from earlier COMSOL® releases. Thus, when upgrading to COMSOL Multiphysics® version 6.3, the license manager needs to be upgraded as well. FlexNet® version 11.19.6 is used on all platforms in COMSOL Multiphysics® version 6.3. The version of lmgrd must be the same as or higher than the FlexNet® version used by the COMSOL® software.

Graphics System Requirements

The Model Manager server does not require graphics rendering.

Parallel System Requirements

Windows® macOS Linux®
Shared-Memory Parallelism All supported versions of Windows® All supported versions of macOS All supported Linux® distributions

Java Environment

COMSOL is shipped with OpenJDK™ 11.0.24+8. You can choose an alternative Java 11 runtime of version 11.0.20+8 or later during installation.

Note: This information is provided for your benefit but should not be used as a substitute for your own investigation of the system requirements that may be appropriate for your use of COMSOL® software or other software, given your particular circumstances. Systems and hardware change regularly, which may impact any determination of which system requirements are appropriate for you.

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