2014 Operating System Support Plans
for McIDAS-X

For versions distributed in 2013, McIDAS-X is supported on systems running Apple Mac OS X, HP-UX, Microsoft Windows XP with Services for Unix, Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise with Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications, Red Hat Linux or Sun Solaris. The section below lists the 2014 operating system support plans for each vendor supported by McIDAS User Services. Please check the plans for your current operating system(s) and contact the McIDAS Help Desk if you have any questions or concerns about the plans. Refer to the current Supported System Configurations list for the currently supported platforms and versions.

Vendor:  Apple

Continuing support of Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8.

We will evaluate 10.9 when it's supported at the University of Wisconsin SSEC.

Vendor:  Microsoft

Continuing support of Windows 7 Enterprise with Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA).

Vendor:  Red Hat

Continuing support of 6.x Intel, 5.x Intel and 5.x PPC.

We will evaluate 7.0 when it's supported at the University of Wisconsin SSEC.

Vendor:  Sun / Oracle

Continuing support of Solaris 10 on SPARC and x86. (Note: The Solaris operating system is now maintained by Oracle. SSEC tests on Sun Solaris 10 which was purchased before Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems.)

An end of life for Solaris 10 has not been announced, so we foresee no changes in our support of Solaris 10.

 

Note: McIDAS-X is no longer supported on SGI IRIX, IBM AIX, HP-UX or Windows XP systems. It was last supported on IRIX in McIDAS-X 2010.1, AIX in McIDAS-X 2011.1, and HP-UX and Windows XP in McIDAS-X 2012.2.