26417 SAP gui resource hardware and software

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SAP Note 26417 - SAP GUI Resources: Hardware and software

Note Language: English Version: 65 Validity: Valid Since 05.12.2008

Summary

SymptomThis note contains information on hardware and software requirements of SAPGUI for Windows.

More TermsGui, SAPGUI, frontend, front, graphics, office integration, desktopintegration, SAPClient, resource consumption, CPU, memory, resources, SAPGUI, recommendations, requirements, operating system, resolution, RAM,installation, monitor, MSI, Windows Installer

Cause and Prerequisites

Important related notes

o "SAP GUI for the Java environment" (for Linux, Mac OS, Unix,Windows): 146505, 954572 (release 7.00) and 961487 (release 7.10).

o "SAP GUI for HTML" (SAP Internet Transaction Server 6.20): 325616

o "SAP GUI for HTML" (SAP Integrated ITS 6.40 and higher): 709038

o "SAP GUI maintenance": 147519

Remarks:

o Please refer to note 147519 regarding information about supportedplatforms for SAP GUI for Windows and to note 146505 regarding moreinformation about supported platforms for SAP GUI for Java.

o The requirements refer to the operation of the "SAP GUI" for "core"SAP applications. The operation of additional components (such asBW, SCM, KW, SEM) leads to partially deviating requirements (seealso the related notes).

o The minimum requirements listed below may not be sufficient for aproductive usage of SAP GUI. Especially together with otherapplications better equipped hardware may be required. You shouldalso check the corresponding recommendations and requirementsdocumented by the operating system vendors. If you are using Officeproducts please make sure to take the requirements andrecommendations from the vendors of these products into account aswell.

o If your client PCs do not match the criteria defined in this noteyou can evaluate WTS products as an alternative. Please see note138869 for more information.

o SAP SDNFor further information on the topic SAP GUI please refer tohttp://sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/sap-gui.

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Definitions:

o "required": This means the resources required for using 1 sessionof SAP GUI and 1 instance of a Web Browser to display the SAPonline help in parallel. However this is not a typical scenario,but rather the absolute minimum.

o "recommended": This means the resources required for using 3sessions of SAP GUI, 1 instance of a Web Browser to display the SAPonline help and 1 Office product or mail client in parallel. Thiswould match most of the typical scenarios, but in case your usersusually need more SAP sessions of additional software you have totake this into consideration as well. This may require individualtesting or estimations by you.

o "processor": The requirements listed here use MHz specifications ofthe Pentium processors created by Intel. However, in the context ofthis note they stand for a processor performance class. Thisincludes both follow-up processors and compatible competitor'sproducts.

o "Light" / "classic" / "new visual design" / "Enjoy design" / "SAPSignature Design":

- "classic" and "light" are synonyms. When using "classic" designSAP GUI looks just like in older releases (old Windows style),but also has slightly reduced requirements in regards to thescreen resolution.

- "new visual design" and "Enjoy design" are synonymsA user or administrator can decide which design of SAP GUI touse at runtime (restart of SAP GUI required).

- "SAP Signature" design is the new (as of Q4/2008) harmonizedSAP design (see note 1233328 for more information on SAPSignature Design in SAP GUI for Windows).

The standard installation of SAP GUI includes support for allthree designs (see note 710719 for more information on thesedesigns in general).

Solution

Recommendations & Requirements for SAP GUI for Windows:

Network supportSAP GUI runs on Microsoft-compatible networks (TCP/IP protocol). Theinstallation requires a Microsoft-compatible network.

Monitor size / screen resolutionThe specifications result from the requirement of a display without ascrollbar (if possible). Here, the use of the default font size (SSAPSignature / Enjoy Design "100%", Classic Design "Medium", font size 9 or 8)is assumed.

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This does not take the integration of SAP GUI into a Web Browser (forexample into Enterprise Portal into account). If you are using SAP GUIinside a Web Browser these requirements and recommendations apply to thearea available to SAP GUI inside the Web Browser (this is less than thesize of the Web Browser itself).

The recommendations for screen resolution, colors and monitor do not dependon the SAP GUI release used.

Classic Design Enjoy Design required recommended required recommendedColors 256 256 64K 64KResolution 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024Monitor 14" (CRT) 17" (TFT) 17" (CRT) 17" (TFT)

SAP Signature Design required recommendedColors 64K 64KResolution 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024Monitor 17" (CRT) 17" (TFT)

The requirement for a 17" display results from the need to display thecorresponding screen resolution (1024x768) in acceptable quality andconforming to norm. Smaller monitors which meet these criteria areacceptable, especially laptop displays with the required resolution.Scrollbars and therefore reduced usability may result from a lower screenresolution.

When using 16:9 monitors you have to make sure to meet the minimumrequirements for both horizontal and vertical resolution given above. Ifthese conditions are met usage of these devices should not cause anyproblems.

The requirement for a color depth of 64K when using Enjoy and Signaturedesigns is caused by the mechanism used by Windows to pick a suitable colorwhen the color originally used by the application is not part of the colorpalette. With 256 colors it may happen that parts of the SAP GUI window areincorrectly displayed (e.g. with wrong colors). If you are limited toenvironments with 256 colors you have to use the Classic design of SAP GUIfor Windows.

With SAP Signature Design it is possible to increase the font scaling inSAP GUI to values of higher than 150% (which was the maximum setting sofar).

Processor / Memory

When combining requirements of SAP GUI with requirements for other productsthe following rules apply:

o Processor: Take the maximum of all individual specifications

o Memory: Take the total of all individual specifications

The requirements and recommendations for processor, memory and hard diskdepend on the SAP GUI release that you are using. The SAP GUI resourceconsumption is influenced by a number of factors including the release of

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the development environment (Visual Studio) used.

SAP GUI for Windows Release 6.20

o Windows 2000

required recommended

Processor 200+ MHz 500+ MHz

Memory 64 MB 128 MB

o Windows XP / 2003 Server


Processor 233+ MHz+ 500+ MHz

Memory 64 MB 192 MB

SAP GUI itself does not consume more resources under Windows XP than underWindows 2000, but the hardware requirements of operating systems Windows2000 and XP differ regarding resource consumption.

SAP GUI for Windows Release 7.10 using Classic or Enjoy Design

o Windows 2000


Processor 200+ MHz 500+ MHz

Memory 128 MB 192 MB

o Windows XP / 2003 Server


Processor 233+ MHz+ 500+ MHz


o Windows Vista / 2008 Server


Processor 800+ MHz+ 1+ GHz

Memory 512 MB 1 GB

SAP GUI itself does not consume more resources under Windows Vista orWindows XP than under Windows 2000, but the hardware requirements ofoperating systems differ regarding resource consumption.

SAP GUI for Windows Release 7.10 using SAP Signature Design

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When SAP Signature Design is activated SAP GUI uses about 12MB additionalmemory and the CPU utilization by SAP GUI increases to between 140% and175% of the utilization when using Enjoy.

Therefore we increase the recommendations for SAP Signature Design to:

o Windows 2000 / Windows XP / 2003 Server


Processor 500+ MHz 1+ GHz


o Windows Vista / 2008 Server


Processor 1+ GHz 2+ GHz

Memory 512 MB 1 GB

Hard disk requirements (independent of SAP GUI release)

o Server-dependent installation (not available for SAP GUI forWindows 7.10 and higher)

From 15 MB, if operating system files (MFC, IE, Office) do not haveto be updated, up to 50 MB if these files have to be updated.

o Local installation

110 MB (minimum packet SAP GUI + SAP Logon) up to 510 MB (70 MB -470 MB, if operating system files (MFC, IE, Office) do not have tobe updated).

The amount of disk space required will increase if additional componentslike Adobe Lifecycle Designer have to be installed as well, but the size ofSAP GUI itself does not differ much when releases 6.20 and 7.10 arecompared.

Web Browser

o SAP GUI for Windows requires Microsoft Internet Explorer becauseSAP GUI needs operating system components which are installedtogether with the Internet Explorer. SAP GUI requires anappropriate "level" of operating system which is only availableafter the IE has been installed. Microsoft only delivers thesecomponents together with the IE. Microsoft does not support acustomized installation (for example ifonly individual DLLs areinstalled).

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After the installation of SAP GUI has been sucessfully completed,the Internet Explorer iexplore.exe file can be removed in case youdo not want your users to be able to use the Microsoft InternetExplorer. You can of course continue using other browsers (forexample Firefox).

o A prerequisite for using SAP GUI for Windows is an installation ofIE 6.0 SP1 or higher on the client computer (earlier versions ofInternet Explorer are not supported by Microsoft anymore).

o For SAP GUI for Windows 7.10 and higher IE 6.0 SP1 or higher is aninstallation prerequisite.

o Please note that Internet Explorer 7.0 is only supported in SAP GUIfor Windows 6.20 as of patchlevel 64. In SAP GUI for Windows 7.10(and higher) Internet Explorer 7.0 is supported as of patchlevel 0(initial version). If you are using older patches in conjunctionwith this release of Internet Explorer the SAP HTML Control willdisplay nothing. This leads to a number of SAP transactionsbecoming unusable.

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Header Data

Release Status: Released for CustomerReleased on: 05.12.2008 10:52:34Original Lang.: EnglishPriority: Recommendations/additional infoCategory: Installation information

Main Component: BC-FES Frontend ServicesAdditional Components:

BC-FES-GUI Graphical User Interface

Valid Releases

Software Component Release FromRelease

ToRelease

andSubsequent

BC-FES-GUI 60 620 620

BC-FES-GUI 60 640 640

Related Notes

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Number Short Text

1233328 SAP Signature Design for SAP GUI for Windows

1013957 Planning:Planning grid:SAPGUI f Windows: Hardware & software

961487 SAP GUI for Java: Requirements for Release 7.10

929300 SAP GUI for Windows 6.20: Limited support

722513 Desktop Office Integration: Maintenance information

710720 SAP GUI for Windows 6.40: Delivery and new functions

710719 SAP GUI family and New Visual Designs

689063 SAP GUI for Java: Requirements for Release 6.40

642523 RTL SAPGUI for Hebrew: Limitations and Hardware requirements

630648 SAPGUI for Java: Requirements for Release 6.30

539675 CPCC 2.x: Installation Pre-requisites

525936 FAQ GUI in General and support strategy

509733 SAPGUI for Java: Requirements for Release 6.20

508649 Diagnosis of frontend installation problems

402189 SAP GUI 6.20: Features and Changes

390330 WF Builder/WF Explorer: Hardware/software requiremts

369626 WF builder: Screens not complete with small screen resolutio

355426 Workplace: SAP GUI recommendations

354294 WP 2.11: SAPGUI for Windows in mySAP.com Workplace

203924 Performance 4.6 - collective note

196998 SAP GUI resources (APO): Hardware and software

189086 Front end requirements for CIC as of IS-U/CCS 4.6

166130 SAP front end: Delivery and compatibility

164102 Network load between application server and front end

161993 SAP GUI resources (BW): Hardware and software

161053 Using SAPGUI in WAN

154156 Parallel operation of different SAPGUI releases

147519 Maintenance strategy / deadlines 'SAP GUI'

146505 SAP GUI for the Java environment (Platform Independent GUI)

111442 Window for strategy profile is too large

103174 Compatibility of Office products

66971 Supported SAP GUI platforms

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Transaction codes HIER

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