System Requirements for HCL Z and I Emulator for Windows V16.0.2

This document provides the Detailed System Requirements for Z and I Emulator for Web.

Higher maintenance levels, such as Fix packs and Service Refresh packs, may be supported as they become available.

Supported Environments

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Operating Systems	Hypervisors	Prerequisites	Supported Software	Hardware


Windows
Operating System	Operating System Minimum	Hardware	Bitness	Product Minimum	Notes
Windows 10 Education	Base	x86-64	64-Exploit	16.0.2	(1)
Windows 10 Enterprise	Base	x86-64	64-Exploit	16.0.2	(1)
Windows 10 Pro	Creators Update	x86-64	64-Exploit	16.0.2	(1)
Windows 11 Enterprise	Base	x86-64	64-Exploit	16.0.2	(1)
Windows 11 Pro	Base	x86-64	64-Exploit	16.0.2	(1)
Windows Server 2019	Base	x86-64	64-Exploit	16.0.2	(2)
Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Edition	Base	x86-64	64-Exploit	16.0.2	(2)
Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Edition	Base	x86-64	64-Exploit	16.0.2	(2)

Notes:

Supported Operating System Minimum Recommended and Support of Enterprise edition by default implies support of PRO and below editions.

The listed Windows operating systems are supported in both physical and virtualized environments.

Windows-11 support is available in English, Japanese Simplified Chinese and Tradional Chinese.


Linux
Hypervisor	Product Minimum	Guest OperatingSystem Restrictions	Notes
VMware ESXi 6.0	16.0.2	No
VMware Workstation 11.0	16.0.2	No


Application Servers
Prerequisite	Version	Prerequisite Minimum	Product Minimum	OperatingSystemRestrictions?	Notes
WebSphere Application Server	8.5 and future fix packs	8.5	16.0.2	No	(1)
	8.5.5 and future fix packs	8.5.5	16.0.2	No	(1)
	9.0	9.0.0.4	16.0.2	No

Notes:

Application server is listed as a prerequisite

An application server is needed to deploy the Host Integration License Manager application (to track IBM Personal Communications end user licenses


Network Communications
Supported Software	Version	Prerequisite Minimum	Product Minimum	Operating System Restrictions?	Notes
Microsoft Host Integration Server	2009 and future fix packs	2009	16.0.2	No


Virtualization Management
Prerequisite	Version	Prerequisite Minimum	Product Minimum	Operating System Restrictions?	Notes
Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server	3.0 and future fix packs	3.0	16.0.2	No
Citrix XenApp	5.0 and future fix packs	5.0	16.0.2	No
	5.5 and future fix packs	5.5	16.0.2	No
	6.0 and future fix packs	6.0	16.0.2	No
	6.5 and future fix packs	6.5	16.0.2	No	(1)
	7.6 LTSR and future fix packs	7.6 LTSR	16.0.2	No
Citrix XenDesktop	3.0 and future fix packs	3.0	16.0.2	No
Citrix XenDesktop	7.15 LTSR and future fix packs	7.15 LTSR	16.0.2	No
Microsoft Hyper-V Server	2008 and future fix packs	2008	16.0.2	No
Microsoft Hyper-V Server	2008 R2 and future fix packs	2008 R2	16.0.2	No
Microsoft Virtual PC	2004 and future fix packs	2004	16.0.2	No
Microsoft Virtual Server Enterprise Edition	2005 and future fix packs	2005	16.0.2	No
Microsoft Virtual Server Standard Edition	2005 and future fix packs	2005	16.0.2	No
Red Hat KVM as delivered with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)	6.6 and future fix packs	6.6	16.0.2	No
VMware ESXi	5.1 and future fix packs	5.1	16.0.2	No
VMware ESXi	5.5 and future fix packs	5.5	16.0.2	No
VMware Workstation	10.0 and future fix packs	10.0	16.0.2	No
VMware Workstation	11.0 and future fix packs	11.0	16.0.2	No
VMware vSphere	5.5 and future fix packs	5.5	16.0.2	No

Notes:

Table 1. Windows
Hardware	Components	Requirement	Applicable Operating System
Disk Space	Server Default Server Component		All supported Windows operating systems
Other Hardware	Server Default Server Component	Windows on Intel Based Architecture.	All supported Windows operating systems