Hardware and Software Prerequisites

This page outlines the hardware, software and infrastructure prerequisites for the NEXUS product suite. Select the relevant section to review the requirements for the product you intend to deploy.

NEXUS IC

Client Software

  • Client Operating System

    Supported operating systems:

    • Windows 10 x64 (64-bit)

    • Windows 11 x64 (64-bit)

    • Windows Server 2016 or higher

  • ODBC Drivers: Version 17 required. (Download)

  • Windows Media Foundation: For clients running Windows Server, use the ‘Add Roles and Features’ wizard from the Server Manager. Skip through to ‘Features’ and select ‘Media Foundation’.

  • Desktop Experience: For clients running Windows Server, the Desktop Experience feature needs to be installed (Desktop Experience Overview).

  • Oracle Instant Client: Only required if Oracle connectors are configured (Oracle Instant Client).

Other Client Software

Other software applications commonly installed on client machines include:

  • Microsoft Excel: Used for viewing reports that are exported to XLS format. Also commonly used to compile source input files for bulk data imports and updates (CSV or TXT can be used as an alternative).

  • Microsoft Word: Used for viewing Reports that are exported to RTF format (alternative viewer is WordPad).

  • Any web browser: Used for viewing Reports that are exported to HTML format.

  • Any PDF reader: Used for viewing PDF format reference documents that may have been uploaded to the NEXUS IC Library.

Client Hardware

  • Processor: Minimum Intel Core i5 / i7

  • Graphics: OpenGL-capable GPU required for 3D features

  • Memory: Minimum 4 GB RAM

  • Storage: Minimum 30 GB

  • Display: Recommended 1920x1080 or higher at 100% scale (Dual monitors recommended for IC-Inspection)

Network

  • Recommended network latency: < 4 ms

  • Latency is displayed in the application status bar, as well as Memory Overhead and Memory used.

  • Task performance varies by complexity; increased network latency may degrade performance (Degradation is at most linear: doubling the latency will at most double the time taken by the application.)

IC-Inspection

IC-Inspection uses the same hardware and software prerequisites as NEXUS IC.

The following additional recommendations apply specifically to IC-Inspection:

  • Dual-monitor setup is recommended for optimal workflow

  • GPU must support OpenGL for 3D inspection features

IC-Inspector

IC-Inspector can be installed on various platforms, including iPads, Android tablets, or Windows tablets. For detailed information about the requirements for the different platforms, see Install IC-Inspector.

IC-Web

IC-Web Supported Browsers

  • Chrome 54.0 or above

  • Microsoft Edge 79 or above

  • Safari 9.1 or above

  • Firefox 53.0 or above. 3D drawings may be slower in Firefox.

IC-Web Server

  • Processor: Minimum Core i5 / i7

  • Memory: Minimum 4GB RAM

  • Hard Disk: Minimum 30GB

  • Server OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (or higher) supported.

  • Web server software: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 8.5 with

    • ISAPI Extensions

    • IIS Management Studio (highly recommended)

  • ODBC Drivers: Version 17 required. (Download)

  • Connection to SQL server running a NEXUS IC database

IC-Recorder

Client Operating System

Supported operating systems:

  • Windows 10 x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit)

  • Windows 11 x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit)

Additional Information

For detailed deployment and configuration requirements for IC-Recorder, see Deployment.


SQL Server

  • Version: SQL Server 2019 or higher

    Note that NEXUS does not support connections to Azure SQL Managed Instances.

  • Processor: Multi-core CPU

  • Memory: 4GB+

  • Storage: Separation of System, Database and Transaction Log storage

Internet Connectivity

  • Software Based Licensing requires access to Internet (standard HTTPS port 443)

  • Automatic Crash Logs requires access to Internet (standard HTTPS port 443)