pSeries and RS/6000 processors
|supported by the AIX operating systems.
This section describes the hardware and software products you can use with ESSL, as well as those products for installing ESSL and displaying the online documentation.
|ESSL runs on the IBM pSeries and RS/6000 processors
|supported by the AIX operating systems.
64-bit applications require 64-bit hardware.
ESSL is supported in the following operating system environments:
ESSL requires the software products shown in Table 2 for compiling and running.
To assist C and C++ users, an ESSL header file is provided. Use of
this file is described in C Programs and C++ Programs.
Table 2. Software Products Required for Use with ESSL
| For Compiling | For Linking, Loading, or Running |
|---|---|
|
XL Fortran for AIX, Version 7.1.1 (program number 5765-E02) -or- IBM Visual Age C++ Professional for AIX Version 5.0.2 (program number 5765-E26)-or- C for AIX, Version 5.0.2 (program number 5765-E32)
|
XL Fortran Run-Time Environment for AIX, Version 7.1.1 (program number 5765-E03) -and- C libraries1
|
|
1 The AIX product includes the C and math libraries in
the Application Development Toolkit.
| |
|The ESSL licensed program is distributed on a CD. The ESSL Version 3 Installation Memo provides the detailed |information you need to install ESSL.
|The ESSL product is packaged according to the AIX guidelines, as |described in the AIX General Programming Concepts: |Writing and Debugging Programs manual. The product can be |installed using the smit command, as described in the AIX System Management Guide: Operating System and |Devices manual.
|The ESSL Guide and Reference is available |in PDF and HTML format on the product media.
To view the online publications shipped on the product media, you need the following: