System requirements

Item

Requirement

Hardware for the BlackBerry Pushcast server

  • Quad core 2.8 GHz or equivalent processor
  • 2 GB of RAM
  • 100 Mb Ethernet network connection
  • Operating system installed on a RAID 1 or drive
  • RAID 5 disk array or drive for content storage

Software for the BlackBerry Pushcast server

  • One of the following:
    • Windows Server 2003
    • Windows Server 2003 Standard R2
    • Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft IIS 6 or Microsoft IIS 7

    The BlackBerry Pushcast Software does not support Microsoft IIS 7 for a Windows Server 2003 operating system.

  • Microsoft ASP.NET
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  • Microsoft DTC service
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP3 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

SSL

To support SSL, the following conditions must be met:

  • Port 443 must be set on the Microsoft IIS website that you use for the BlackBerry Pushcast Software for SSL connectivity
  • The certificate issued to SSL must match the FQDN of the BlackBerry Pushcast server

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