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Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded 7.0.60

Release Letter
This document contains release information for Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded 7.0.60.

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Table of Contents

.Practical Information .................................................................................................................................................3

1 Product Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Enhancements and Features .................................................................................................................. 4
1.2 Resolved Problems ................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Software Distribution ................................................................................................................................. 5
1.4 System Requirements .............................................................................................................................. 5
1.5 Documentation ........................................................................................................................................... 7
1.6 Warnings and Known Issues ................................................................................................................... 7
1.7 Obsolete Functionality .............................................................................................................................. 7

2 Installation and Configuration .................................................................................................................. 8

2.1 Preparing to Install or Upgrade ............................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Fallback Activities ...................................................................................................................................... 8
2.3 Post-Installation ......................................................................................................................................... 8

3 Support ................................................................................................................................................................ 9
.Legal Notices ...............................................................................................................................................................10

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 Practical Information

Practical Information
Installation type Optional

Operating system requirements Please see "System Requirements".

Customer installation path [Release 7.0] - [patch 7.0.10] - [patch 7.0.20] -

[patch 7.0.40] - [patch 7.0.50] - patch 7.0.60

Product dependencies If you install Alliance Web Platform Server-

Embedded 7.0.60, then you must use the following
versions of the GUI packages and Alliance Server
instances:

Alliance Access GUI packages 7.0.80 or higher

Alliance Gateway Administration 7.0.25 or

higher

Browse 7.0.25 or higher

Accord GUI package 7.3.1 or higher

The Alliance Integrator GUI package is not

compatible with Alliance Web Platform Server-
Embedded 7.0.60.

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1 Product Overview
Purpose of this document
This document contains release information for Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded
7.0.60.
First read this Release Letter, then use the other documentation provided for more detailed
information (for a complete list, see "Documentation" on page 7).

1.1 Enhancements and Features

Overview
Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded 7.0.60 patch includes all changes introduced in the
patches since release 7.0, as well as the following enhancements and new features:

Enhanced login user experience

Dedicated application for GUI packages parameters management

Support for Windows Server 2012 R2

Support for Windows 8.1

Support for Internet Explorer 11

Support for Firefox

1.1.1 Support for Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, and
Internet Explorer 11
As of this release, Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded is also qualified using Windows
Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition. The Web Platform Administration package running in Alliance
Web Platform has also been qualified using Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11. The
compatibility of other Web Platform GUI packages with Internet Explorer 11 depends on the
qualification of these GUI packages, and does not depend on Web Platform. See the release
letters of these GUI packages for more details.

1.1.2 Support for Firefox

The Alliance Web Platform Administration GUI is now also supported when using Firefox as
browser.

1.1.3 Dedicated application for GUI packages parameters

management
The Configuration Application GUI is revamped and extended with the possibility to manage the
configuration parameters of installed packages.
For more information, see the Alliance Web Platform Administration and Operations Guide.

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1.1.4 Enhanced Login User Experience

With Alliance Web Platform SE 7.0.60, the end user will have the possibility to kill a previous
Alliance Access/Entry session during login. That feature prevents from having to wait for a
session time-out when your session got interrupted and you have no rights to open new
sessions. For more information, see the Alliance Web Platform Administration and Operations
Guide.

1.1.5 Support for Transport Layer Security

In line with market trends, Alliance Web Platform has been enhanced to use Transport Layer
Security (TLS) as a mechanism to secure TCP/IP flows.
The default usage of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) stays in place, to avoid impacting the way your
environment is set up.
In order to move your SWIFT environment fully to TLS and stop the use of SSL, you will need to
upgrade Alliance Access to 7.1 or higher, and SWIFTNet Link and Alliance Gateway to 7.0.40
(available later this year) or higher.
For instructions on disabling SSL and enforcing TLS, see the Alliance Web Platform Installation
Guide for AIX, Linux, Oracle Solaris, or Windows.

1.2 Resolved Problems

See Knowledge base tip 5019716 for a detailed list of all change requests addressed in this
release/patch.

1.3 Software Distribution

This release/patch of Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded is available on the Download
Centre on www.swift.com.

1.4 System Requirements

You must verify whether your current system is still sufficient or whether it needs to be upgraded
or renewed. Check the Hardware requirements page on www.swift.com to find out the system
requirements.

1.4.1 Operating System Requirements

Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded 7.0.60 has been qualified against the English
language version of the following operating systems:

Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition and Standard edition

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard edition

Oracle Solaris 10 Hardware revision 10/09

Oracle Solaris 11.1 SRU 10.6.0

AIX v6.1 Technology Level 06 with SP2

AIX v7.1 Technology Level 02 with SP3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (64-bit)

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Note Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 can no longer be used for Alliance Web Platform
Server-Embedded 7.0.60, as Red Hat has ended support for that release.

More information:

OS Levels and Patches Baseline, dated 27 March 2015.

Alliance Web Platform Product Family - Compatibility Matrix

1.4.2 Memory Requirements

The memory requirements for Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded 7.0.60 are available in
the Hardware requirements for release 7.0 section on the "Introducing SWIFTNet 7.0 and
Alliance 7.0" page on www.swift.com.
On UNIX, the system should be configured to have at least 8 GB of swap space.

1.4.3 Other Requirements

Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded 7.0.60 has the following additional requirements:

Operating system and user resource requirements

Kernel parameters (Oracle Solaris only)

Device attributes (AIX only)

Database character set (hosted database only)

Alliance Web Platform cannot be installed in a folder or drive with NTFS compression or
encryption enabled.
See the section "Modify Process Resource Allocation" in the Alliance Web Platform Server-
Embedded Installation Guide for more details.
1.4.3.1 Alliance Web Platform Admin GUI User Desktop Requirements
The Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded Administration GUI has been qualified using the
following operating systems and browsers:

Windows Vista Business SP2 with latest security patches and Internet Explorer 8 or 9.

Windows 7 Professional (32-bit or 64-bit) with Firefox ESR 24 or Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10 or

11.

Windows 8.1 with Firefox ESR 24 or Internet Explorer 11.

1.4.3.2 Alliance Requirements
To install and use Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded 7.0.60, you must upgrade the GUI
packages and related server applications:

Alliance Access, to release 7.0.80 or higher (Message Management, RMA, Configuration,

and Monitoring packages)

Alliance Gateway Administration, 7.0.25 or higher

Browse, 7.0.25 or higher

Accord GUI package 7.3.1 or higher

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Note The GUI packages are available in the packaging of the Alliance server.
SWIFT recommends that unused packages are removed (such as previous
versions when they are no longer required), in order to reduce memory usage of
Alliance Web Platform.

1.5 Documentation
Documentation is available online
SWIFT is committed to continuously improve its product documentation. Ensure that you always
use the latest version of the documentation, which is available on the User Handbook.
We recommend that you subscribe to the UHB RSS feed or the User Handbook newsletter to
be informed about new or updated documentation.

1.6 Warnings and Known Issues

See Knowledge base tip 5019717 for the latest, detailed list of all warnings and known issues in
this release/patch.

1.7 Obsolete Functionality

End of life for the Web Platform for IBM WebSphere Application Server

Reason for removal/suppression Timeline Alternative

7.0.50 was the last release for Alliance 31 October 2015 See tip 5018595 to set up a
Web Platform on IBM WebSphere scalable and reliable
Application Server until end-of- environment using Alliance Web
support. Platform Server-Embedded.

End of life for Alliance Integrator

Reason for removal/suppression Timeline Alternative

End of life for Alliance Integrator. April 2016 Alternatives can be built using
the Integration Platform of
Alliance Access.

Note The Alliance Integrator GUI package is not compatible with Alliance Web Platform
Server-Embedded 7.0.60.

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2 Installation and Configuration

2.1 Preparing to Install or Upgrade
See the Installation Guide for Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded 7.0.60 related to your
operating system for more information.

2.2 Fallback Activities

If you need more information, you can go to the "Troubleshooting" and "Removal" sections of
the Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded Installation Guide.

2.3 Post-Installation
See the section "Next Steps" in the Alliance Web Platform Server-Embedded Installation Guide.
In addition, you may also:

define appropriate values for configuration parameters related to password policy

define any additional users

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3 Support
Support for SWIFT customers
SWIFT is the single point of contact to report all problems and queries that relate to SWIFT
services and products. Support is available to all SWIFT customers.
Users within a customer organisation must register to use the Support service.
For more information about how to register for Support, see the Customer login section on the
http://www.swift.com home page.

Related Information
For more information about Support services, see the Support Service Description.

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Legal Notices
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Disclaimer
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available version.

Translations
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