3.1 Requirements for MathLM Clients

Mathematica is available for Windows, Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X. For a complete list of platform availability, visit www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/platforms.html. Any supported machine can act as a client for running Mathematica, provided the following two conditions are met:

• The client has access to the Mathematica files, either locally or from a file server on the network.
• The license server running MathLM is available on the TCP/IP network.

A license server can also function as its own client. However, this is not recommended. If the machine has to be rebooted for any reason, the serving of licenses to all other clients on the network may be disrupted.

Before you install Mathematica as a license server client, MathLM should already be installed and running on a license server on the network (see Chapter 1, Installing MathLM, for details). To complete the Mathematica installation, you will need to know the name or IP address of the license server running MathLM.