ANSYS Computing Platform Support

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Outline
Computing platform trends and support roadmap

Windows Linux
ANSYS 15.0 Platform Support

By application
Other Platform Related Issues

MPI and Interconnect technology Job Schedulers Remote Display GP-GPU accelerator support Tested graphics cards Virtualization, Cloud Computing

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Computing Platform Trends

Compute servers
Steady migration to servers or clusters running Windows or Linux
Multicore x64 processors from Intel and AMD Linux dominant; steady growth of Windows HPC Servers 64-bit OS now standard

Negligible footprint on other systems (e.g., legacy UNIX, Itanium) Emergence of GP-GPUs for accelerated processing

Desktop workstations / Interactive systems

Windows 64-bit dominant, 32-bit waning Smaller, but significant, use of Linux nearly all 64-bit Emergence of GP-GPUs for accelerated processing
ANSYS Strategy: Focus on 64 bit Windows and Linux for both desktop and compute servers. Continue to focus on multicore processor optimization. Pursue GPU acceleration where feasible.
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ANSYS Platform Support - Windows

Platform
x64 Windows XP (64-bit) x86 Windows XP (32-bit) x64 Windows Vista (64-bit) x86 Windows Vista (32-bit) x64 Windows 7 (64-bit) x86 Windows 7 (32-bit) Professional and Enterprise Editions only x64 Windows 8, 8.1 (64-bit) Professional and Enterprise Editions only x64 / Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (64-bit) x64 / Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) X64 / Windows Server 2012 Standard (64 bit)
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ANSYS 14.5

Last Release

ANSYS 15.0

Last release

2014 Releases/ ANSYS 16.0

N/A

N/A

N/A

Last 32-bit release

64-bit only

Varies by application

Varies by application

Varies by application

Batch only -

Batch only

Batch only

Some applications batch only

Some applications batch only

ANSYS Platform Support 64-bit Linux

Some applications are not supported on Linux (see tables below)

Platform
x64 / RHEL 5 (64-bit) x64 / RHEL 6 (64-bit) X64 / RHEL 7 (64-bit) x64 / SLES 10 (64-bit) x64 / SLES 11 SP1 (64-bit) x64 / SLES 11 SP2 (64-bit) x64 / SLES 11 SP3 (64-bit)

ANSYS 14.5

ANSYS 15.0

5.7, 5.8, 5.9

2014 Releases / ANSYS 16.0

N/A

6.2, 6.3, 6.4 Will evaluate postrelease

6.3, 6.4

If feasible N/A N/A

Last release

N/A

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ANSYS Platform Support - Solaris

Platform Solaris 10 / SPARC (64-bit)

ANSYS 14.5

ANSYS 15.0
Under special customer agreements only N/A

2014 Releases / ANSYS 16.0

Under special customer agreements only N/A

Solaris 10 / x86 (64-bit)

N/A

Note that only the License Manager is supported on Solaris. ANSYS and Electronics applications are not supported on Solaris.
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ANSYS 15.0 - LINUX Support Notes

ANSYS supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES / SLED)

RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 SLES / SLED 11 Server and Desktop editions are supported.

Desktop editions recommended for interactive use. Server editions require additional drivers and tools to support interactive use. Home editions are not supported.

ANSYS does not support other compatible Linux distributions

Fedora, Scientific Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Oracle LINUX, etc. We can not sustain certification and technical support of multiple Linux distributions Stability issues have been encountered on some open-source Linux We will only provide support on issues that can be reproduced on our certified RedHat and SUSE Linux releases.

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ANSYS 15.0 Supported Platforms

Workbench Hosted Applications
ANSYS supports Windows and Linux for interactive desktop use of the following applications hosted in the Workbench framework
32-bit Windows XP, Windows 7 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 64-bit Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, 8.1 YES* YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES* YES YES YES YES YES 64-bit SLES 11 64-bit RHEL 5 64-bit RHEL 6 NO NO NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES NO YES YES

Workbench Hosted Applications ANSYS AQWA ANSYS AUTODYN ANSYS Blademodeler ANSYS CFD-Post ANSYS CFX ANSYS Design Modeler ANSYS DesignXplorer ANSYS EKM Desktop ANSYS Explicit STR ANSYS FE Modeler ANSYS Fluent ANSYS Icepak ANSYS Mechanical ANSYS Mechanical APDL ANSYS Meshing / Extended Meshing ANSYS nCode DesignLife ANSYS POLYFLOW ANSYS Rigid Body Dynamics ANSYS SpaceClaim DM ANSYS TurboGrid ANSYS Vista TF
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* Not available on Windows 8, 8.1

ANSYS 15.0 Supported Platforms

Ansoft derived Electronics Product Line
ANSYS supports the following platforms for interactive or batch execution of the following applications
64-bit Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 (Std. edition) on x64

Applications Outside of Workbench

32-bit Windows XP Pro, Windows 7 on x64

64-bit Windows XP Pro, Windows 7 on x64

64-bit SLES 11 64-bit RHEL 5 64-bit RHEL 6 on x64

Designer 2014(*) HFSS 2014 (*) Maxwell 2014(*) Q3D Extractor 2014(*) Simplorer 2014(*) SIwave 2014

Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive

Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive

Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive

Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive

Unique platform issues and notes:

(*) These products can run Standalone or as Workbench-Hosted applications

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ANSYS 15.0 Supported Platforms

Standalone Applications and Solvers
ANSYS supports the following platforms for interactive or batch execution of the following applications outside of Workbench
32-bit Windows XP Pro, Windows 7 on x86 Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Solver Only Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive 64-bit 64-bit Windows HPC Windows XP Pro, 64-bit SLES 11 Server 2008 R2, 64-bit RHEL 5 Server 2012 (Std. Windows 7 Windows 8, 8.1 64-bit RHEL 6 edition) on x64 on x64 on x64 Interactive* Interactive Solver Only Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Solver Only Interactive Interactive Interactive Batch Only Interactive Interactive Solver Only Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Solver Only Solver Only Solver Only Interactive Interactive Solver Only Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive Interactive

Applications Outside of Workbench ANSYS AQWA , ANSYS ASAS ANSYS AUTODYN ANSYS CFD-Post ANSYS CFX ANSYS Composite PrePost ANSYS EKM Server ANSYS Fluent ANSYS ICEM CFD ANSYS Icepak ANSYS LS-DYNA ANSYS Mechanical APDL ANSYS POLYFLOW ANSYS SpaceClaim DM ANSYS TGRID ANSYS Turbogrid

* ANSYS AQWA and ANSYS ASAS are not available on Windows 8, 8.1
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ANSYS 15.0 Supported Platforms

Workbench Hosted CAD Interfaces
ANSYS supports the following CAD readers, hosted in the Workbench framework
CAD Readers import geometry but do not invoke a bidirectional live interface to a running CAD application. Linux support is limited due to lack of support by the CAD vendor
32-bit Windows XP, Windows 7 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 64-bit Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, 8.1 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 64-bit SLES 11 RHEL 5, RHEL 6 YES

Workbench Hosted CAD Readers ACIS 24 ANSYS BladeGen (14.5) CATIA V6 R2013 CATIA V5 (V5-6R2013) CATIA V4 (4.2.4) Creo Elements/Pro (Pro/ENGINEER) Creo Parametric 2.0 GAMBIT 2.4 IGES (5.3, 5.2, 4.0) Autodesk Inventor 2013 JT Open 9.5 Monte Carlo N-Particle for ANSYS DesignModeler NX 8.5 Parasolid 26.0 SolidWorks 2013 STEP (AP214, AP203)

YES YES YES YES YES

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ANSYS 15.0 Supported Platforms

ANSYS supports the following CAD Plug-Ins, hosted in the Workbench framework
CAD Plug-Ins provide bidirectional associative links to a running CAD application. Linux support is limited due to lack of support by the CAD vendor
Workbench Hosted CAD Plug-Ins Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 Autodesk AutoCAD 2013 CATIA V5 CADNexus CAPRI CAE Gateway (V5R21, V56R2012, V5-6R2013) Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 18.1 Creo Elements/Direct Modeling (18.0, 17.0) Creo Elements/Pro (Pro/ENGINEER) - Creo Parametric 2.0 Creo Elements/Pro (Pro/ENGINEER) - Creo Parametric 1.0 Creo Elements/Pro (Pro/ENGINEER) - Wildfire 5.0 Autodesk Inventor 2014 Autodesk Inventor 2013 NX 8.5 NX 8.0 NX 7.5 Solid Edge ST6 Solid Edge ST5 SolidWorks 2013, 2014 SolidWorks 2012 SpaceClaim 2014 Teamcenter Unified 9.1 (2- & 4-tier) (NX 8.5, 8.0, 7.5) Teamcenter Unified 8.3 (2- & 4-tier) (NX 8.5, 8.0, 7.5) Teamcenter Unified 8.1 (2-tier only) (NX 7.5)
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Workbench Hosted CAD Interfaces

32-bit Windows XP, Windows 7 YES1 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES3 YES1 YES YES1 YES YES YES1 YES1 YES1 YES YES YES YES3 YES3

64-bit Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, 8.1 YES1 YES2

64-bit SLES 11 RHEL 5, RHEL 6

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YES2 YES3 YES2 YES3 YES2 YES2,3 YES1 YES3 YES1 RH 6.2 and SLES 11 SP1-SP3 YES2 RH 6.2 and SLES 11 SP1-SP3 RH 5.7 YES2 1 YES YES1,2 YES1 YES2 YES1 YES3 YES2,3 YES2,3

1. Not available on Windows XP

2. Not available on Windows 8 3. Please see the help documentation for specific requirements

ANSYS 15.0 Supported Interconnects

ANSYS software performs parallel processing on distributed memory systems

Performance driven by network bandwidth and latency Enabled via MPI (message passing interface) software that is integrated with the
ANSYS distribution* IBM Platform MPI, Intel MPI, OpenMPI, Microsoft MPI Supported interconnects include Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10-GigE Infiniband (from QLOGIC, Mellanox) Myrinet (from Myricom) Selected vendor-specific interconnects See details in following tables

* Microsoft MPI is provided separately from Microsoft

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Supported Interconnects Distributed ANSYS Mechanical 15.0

Ethernet/GIGE Windows / 32-bit Windows / 64-bit Windows HPC Server 2008 / 2012 Linux / x64 IBM Platform MPI 9.1.0.1 Intel MPI 4.1.028 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) IBM Platform MPI 9.1 Intel MPI 4.1.030 Infiniband IBM Platform MPI 9.1.0.1 Intel MPI 4.1.028 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) IBM Platform MPI 9.1 Intel MPI 4.1.030 Myrinet IBM Platform MPI 9.1.0.1 Intel MPI 4.1.028

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Supported Interconnects ANSYS Fluent 15.0

Ethernet/GIGE Windows / 32-bit IBM Platform MPI 9.1.0.1 Intel MPI 4.1.028 IBM Platform MPI 9.1.0.1 Intel MPI 4.1.028 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) IBM Platform MPI 9.1 Intel MPI 4.1.030 OpenMPI 1.6.5 IBM Platform MPI 9.1.0.1 Intel MPI 4.1.028 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) IBM Platform MPI 9.1 Intel MPI 4.1.030 OpenMPI 1.6.5 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) IBM Platform MPI 9.1 OpenMPI 1.6.5 Cray MPI * Infiniband Myrinet Vendor Specific

Windows / 64-bit

Windows HPC Server 2008 /2012 Linux / x64

* Cray MPI supported on Cray XE Systems

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Supported Interconnects ANSYS CFX 15.0

Ethernet/GIGE Windows / 32-bit IBM Platform MPI 9.1.0.1 Intel MPI 4.1.028 IBM Platform MPI 9.1.0.1 Intel MPI 4.1.028 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) IBM Platform MPI 9.1 Intel MPI 4.1.030 IBM Platform MPI 9.1.0.1 Intel MPI 4.1.028 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) IBM Platform MPI 9.1 Intel MPI 4.1.030 Microsoft HPC Pack (MS MPI) IBM Platform MPI 9.1 Cray MPI * Infiniband Myrinet Vendor Specific

Windows / 64-bit

Windows HPC Server 2008 /2012 Linux / x64

* Cray MPI is supported on Cray XE systems

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Supported Remote Display Devices 15.0

Exceed on Demand* Windows 7/ 32-bit Client Support RealVNC** Client Support Nice DCV*** Client Support Remote Desktop for Windows Client Support Server Support Client Support Server Support

Windows 7,8 / 64bit Linux / x64

Client support

Client support

Client support

Client Support Server Support

Client Support Server Support

Client Support Server Support

* EOD Version 8 SP2/SP3 ** RealVNC Enterprise Edition 5.0.4 *** Nice DCV Version 2012.2
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ANSYS Remote Solve Manager

and Third Party Resource Management / Job Schedulers

The ANSYS Remote Solve Manager (ANSYS RSM) can interface with the following commercial batch queuing systems on the specified operating systems:

Platform LSF
Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES)

PBS Professional
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES)

Univa Grid Engine

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES)

Windows HPC
Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 (Standard edition)

ANSYS RSM can also manage server resources directly without the involvement of a commercial batch queuing system. Some standalone ANSYS applications support a slightly different list of third party job schedulers.
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GPU Acceleration
ANSYS Mechanical and Fluent 15.0 can exploit multiple GP-GPUs to accelerate computations using the SMP and DMP ANSYS solvers Supported on 64-bit Windows/Linux x64 systems Supported hardware: NVIDIA Tesla 20-series (1U) cards NVIDIA Tesla K10 and K20 series cards NVIDIA Quadro 6000 card NVIDIA Quadro K5000 NVIDIA Quadro K6000 Intel Xeon Phi 3000, 5000, 7000 series co-processors (ANSYS Mechanical only)

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Tested Graphics Cards R15.0

ANSYS tested R15 with the following graphics cards from AMD and NVIDIA: AMD FirePro; V7750, V7800, V8750, V8800, V9800, W5000, W7000, W8000, W9000, M4000, M5100, M6000, M7820, M8900, AMD Mobile w/Intel HD; M6100/Intel HD 4600 NVIDIA Quadro K; K600, K2000, K4000, K5000, K6000, K2000M, K5000M NVIDIA Quadro; 600, 2000, 4000, 5000 NVIDIA Tesla / Quadro; K20, K4000 NVIDIA Quadro; K5000 NVIDIA QuadroFX 3700 NVIDIA Mobile K w/Intel HD; K4100M/Intel HD 4600, K5100M/Intel HD 4600

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Other Platform Policies and Requirements

Virtualization

ANSYS 15.0 will support issues that we can reproduce on the base OS, but will not support issues
specific to the virtualization layer.

Cloud Computing

ANSYS is hardware neutral and can support your use of our applications on 3P / cloud infrastructure Currently, we do not directly support any specific cloud infrastructure.
Mobile Device Support EKM Mobile Client is supported on Android 2.3+ and Apple devices: iOS4.x+

For product-specific compiler requirements, see Chapter 2, Platform Details, in the installation guide for
your platform Obtaining Visual Studio 2008 (required for linking user programmable features on Windows platforms):

User Programmable Feature Support

3D Input Device Support

If you do not have Visual Studio 2008, you can still link user programmable features by downloading Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 SDK from the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C17BA869-9671-4330-A63E-1FD44E0E2505&displaylang=en

3DConnexion Products (SpaceBall and SpacePilot Pro) are supported for Mechanical APDL, ANSYS Meshing,
DesignModeler, Mechanical, ANSYS ICEM CFD, and CFD-Post for graphics manipulation on Windows x64. Selection operations still require a mouse.

3D/ Stereo Visualization

3D/Stereo visualization is supported in ANSYS CFD-Post Stereo-enabled hardware required; tested internally on Planar and Zalman stereo monitors
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ANSYS Quality Assurance Services

(NQA1)

ANSYS Quality Assurance Services provide certification for nuclear industry customers

Verification testing packages enable on-site certification

These QA services are supported only for platforms supported in the initial release

Customers should refer to each release's Installation Guide for details on which
platforms are supported at initial release.

Contact the ANSYS, Inc. Corporate Quality Group for information about ANSYS, Inc.'s QA Services.

qad@ansys.com

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