System Requirements: COMSOL Server™ Version 6.4 Update 3
- 6.4.0.429
Hardware Requirements
The hardware requirements for COMSOL Server™ include:
- A network card and internet connection for installation
- At least 4 GB memory, but 4 GB or more per processor core
- 2–6 GB of disk space, depending on your licensed products and installation options
- The following processors:
- An Intel®or AMD®64-bit processor based on the Intel®64 or AMD64 architecture with the SSE4 instruction set:
- Intel®processors released in 2009 or later and AMD®processors released in 2012 or later satisfy this requirement.
- Apple silicon processors (M1 and later) are supported with macOS.
- ARM64 processors are supported with Linux®.
- An Intel®or AMD®64-bit processor based on the Intel®64 or AMD64 architecture with the SSE4 instruction set:
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COMSOL Server™ License (CSL)
The COMSOL Server™ license type is a networked license type and is supported on a heterogeneous network of computers running any of the Windows®or Linux®operating systems or macOS. Both the license manager and the COMSOL Server™ software can run on a single computer running either Windows®, Linux®, or macOS.
Academic Server License (ASL)
System requirements for the academic server license type are similar to that of the COMSOL Server™ license type.
Operating System Requirements
In addition to the operating system requirements listed below, see theInterfacing Product Requirementsfor specific requirements for the CAD Import Module, the Design Module, and LiveLink™ products.
64-Bit Operating Systems
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Intel®64 AMD64 |
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| ARM64 (including Apple silicon processors like M1) | Not supported |
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OS-Specific System Requirements
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| Linux®(ARM64) |
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FlexNet®License Manager
The system requirements for the license manager are the same as for COMSOL Server™. FlexNet®version 11.19.8 is used on all platforms. COMSOL®6.4 is not generally compatible with FlexNet®license manager versions from earlier COMSOL®releases. Thus, when upgrading to COMSOL®6.4, you need to upgrade the license manager as well. The version oflmgrdmust be the same as or higher than the FlexNet®version used by the COMSOL®software.
GPU Computing System Requirements
- At least one NVIDIA®GPU with a compute capability of 6.0 or higher is required.
- Minimum NVIDIA driver version 576.57 on Windows®and 575.57.08 on Linux®
Graphics System Requirements
COMSOL Server™ does not require graphics rendering. To use the COMSOL Server™ web interface, log in using the COMSOL Client for Windows®or a recommended web browser, seeRunning COMSOL Applications. COMSOL Server™ can also be used in batch mode, which does not require graphics rendering.
Parallel System Requirements
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| Shared-Memory Parallelism | All supported versions of Windows® | All supported versions of macOS | All supported Linux®distributions |
| Distributed-Memory Parallelism |
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All supported versions of macOS on Apple silicon | When using the Intel®MPI Library (default for Intel®64 and AMD64):
When using MPICH2 (default for ARM64):
All computers in the cluster must use the same Linux®version and should have similar hardware. It is recommended that Open Fabric Interface (OFI) 1.5.0 or higher is installed. If you are using RDMA-capable network fabrics, a DAPL 1.2 or later version-compliant driver or library is required. The software is usually provided with your hardware. |
1Microsoft®HPC Pack for the respective Windows Server®version is required.
2Version 7 requires using Intel MPI 2021.6.
Java Environment
The COMSOL®software is shipped with OpenJDK™ 21.0.7+6. You can choose an alternative Java 21 version 21.0.7+6 or later during installation.
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