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System Requirements: COMSOL Server™ Version 6.1

Hardware Requirements

The hardware requirements for COMSOL Server™ include:

  • A network card and internet connection
  • At least 4 GB of RAM per processor core
  • 2–3 GB of disk space, depending on your licensed products and 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) are supported with macOS
    • ARMv8 processors are supported with Linux®

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For guidance on choosing RAM and processors, please see this Knowledge Base entry.

COMSOL Server™ License (CSL)

The COMSOL Server™ License type is a networked license type and is supported on a heterogeneous network of computers running any of the Windows® or Linux® operating systems or macOS. Both the license manager and the COMSOL Server™ software can run on a single computer running either Windows®, Linux®, or macOS.

Academic Server License (ASL)

System requirements for the academic server license type are similar to that of the COMSOL Server™ license type.

Operating System Requirements

In addition to the operating system requirements listed below, see the Interfacing Product Requirements for specific requirements for the CAD Import Module, Design Module, and LiveLink™ products.

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® 8.1
  • Windows® 7 SP11
  • Windows Server® 2022
  • Windows Server® 2019
  • Windows Server® 2016
  • Windows Server® 2012 R2
  • macOS 10.14 and 10.15
  • macOS 11
  • macOS 12
  • macOS 13
  • Debian® 10 and 11
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.9, 8.6, and 9.0
  • CentOS® 7.9
  • Rocky Linux 8.6 and 9.0
  • Oracle® Linux 8.6 and 9.0
  • Ubuntu® 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04
  • SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop® 15 SP4
  • OpenSUSE® Leap 15.3 and 15.4
ARMv8 (including Apple silicon processors like M1) Not supported
  • macOS 11
  • macOS 12
  • macOS 13
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.9, 8.6, and 9.0
  • CentOS® 7.9
  • Rocky Linux 8.6 and 9.0
  • Oracle® Linux® 8.6 and 9.0
  • Debian 11
  • Ubuntu® 20.04 and 22.04

1 .Net 4.6.1 must be installed on the system.

OS-Specific System Requirements

Linux®
  • GNU C Library version 2.17 or later
  • Linux® kernel 3.10 or later
  • FlexNet® License Manager requires Linux Standard Base (LSB™)1
1 See FlexNet® License Manager on Linux® below.

Graphics System Requirements

COMSOL Server™ does not require graphics rendering. To use the COMSOL Server™ web interface, log in using the COMSOL Client for Windows® or a recommended web browser; see Running COMSOL Applications. COMSOL Server™ can also be used in batch mode, which 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
Distributed-Memory Parallelism
  • Windows Server® 20221
  • Windows Server® 20191
  • Windows Server® 20161
  • Windows Server® 2012 R21
 Not Supported
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7 and 8
  • CentOS 7
  • Debian® 10
  • Ubuntu® 18.04 and 20.04

All computers in the cluster must use the same Linux® version and should have similar hardware. It is recommended that Open Fabric Interface (OFI) 1.5.0 or higher is installed. If you are using RDMA-capable network fabrics, a DAPL 1.2 or later version-compliant driver or library is required. The software is usually provided with your hardware.
1 Microsoft® HPC Pack for the respective Windows Server® version is required.

Java Environment

COMSOL is shipped with a OpenJDK 11.0.13. You can choose an alternative Java 11 version 11.0.9.1 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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