SciFinder System Recommendations and Requirements


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SciFinder System Recommendations and Requirements - Web Version

OS/Browser Recommendations

These operating system/browser combinations support optimal performance for web access to SciFinder. You may experience uncertain results with other configurations.

Operating System	Firefox		Internet Explorer		Safari
Operating System	3.0.x	3.5	7.x	8.x	3.x	4
Mac OS X 10.4.11	X	X			X	X
Mac OS X 10.5	X	X			X	X
Windows Professional XP 32-bit	X	X	X	X
Windows Vista 32-bit	X	X	X	X

X = Tested

Notes:

Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions have been tested on Windows Vista 32-bit.
Windows 64-bit systems are not supported.

Internet Browser Requirements

Before you use SciFinder, ensure that your Internet browser meets these requirements.

Note: Check with your organization's Site Administrator, Key Contact, or help desk before changing any settings to conform to these requirements.

No.	Requirement
1	All of these are enabled for your browser: JavaScript Java Cookies
2	A Java plug-in - Java Runtime Environment (JRE) update - is installed and available to your browser. JRE is needed for structure drawing.
3	For Internet Explorer only, you have both: Appropriate ActiveX and plug-in permissions Responsive network connection (affects availability of structure drawing editor)
4	Add https://scifinder.cas.org to your browser "Trusted Sites" list. For more information, see your browser help.

Internet Connection Requirements

Before you use SciFinder, ensure that your system meets these connection requirements:

SSL (https) connection on port 443 to scifinder.cas.org
http connection on port 80 to chemport.cas.org for full text linking

Note: Check with your organization's Site Administrator, Key Contact, or help desk before changing any settings to conform to these requirements.

Recommended Configuration for Optimal SciFinder Performance

The hardware and browser configurations outlined below represent optimal target configurations for SciFinder on both PC and Mac platforms:

Windows-Based PCs:

CPU: 3GHz Core Duo
RAM: 2GB RAM
OS: Windows XP SP2
Browser: Firefox 3 or higher, IE7 or higher
Java Plug-in: Java 6 Update 16 or higher

Apple Mac OS X:

CPU: 2.66GHz Dual Core Xeon
RAM: 2GB RAM
OS: OS 10.5 or higher
Browser: Firefox 3.x
Java Plug-in: Latest JRE 1.5 bundled with the customer's Mac OS release

More Information

For operating hours, see System Availability.

Additional browser and operating system related information is available by clicking the Help link within SciFinder.

CAS Customer Care is always on hand to assist as well.

Updated 9/14/2009 11:05:50 AM