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For SCL, Synopsys recommends one or more dedicated, single servers in a non-redundant (non-triad) configuration, with the following setup:

SCL 2023.09 or SCL 2024.06
- SCL 2023.03-SP1 is the minimum recommended version
- SCL 2023.09+ is mandatory only for the AWS cloud and Silicon Frontline customers
- SCL 2024.06 is mandatory for Imperas and PikeTec customers
Recent AMD or Intel x86_64 processor
OS:
- RHEL, AlmaLinux, or Rock Linux 8.4+ (but not 9.x)
- CentOS Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9
Multiple cores (modern CPU with four or more cores)
2 GHz CPU speed or better
32GB Minimum RAM; 64-256GB for Enterprise Servers
10Gbps Ethernet card & switch
ext3 or ext4 filesystem
Adequate file descriptors (65535 or higher)
For WAN servers, a physical machine is recommended

Certain other OS platforms are supported (see table below), but are recommended only for LAN servers with small quantities of licenses
Docker, Singularity, and other containers are not compatible with SCL
Redundant server setups are not recommended
- If used, they should be used only on LANs
- If used, the PRIMARY_IS_MASTER keyword should be added to the end
  of the SERVER line denoting the master server
- Redundant server setups are not supported on the cloud
- Redundant server setups are not supported `over a WAN

Supported SCL Platforms by Operating System & Platform Keyword
For a list of Operating Systems supported by SCL, see the table below:

Synopsys Common Licensing Supported Platforms by OS & Keyword
Platform	Operating System	Platform Keyword (use for downloading & installation)
x86_64	CentOS or RHEL Linux 7.3, 7.6, 7.9 AlmaLinux, RHEL Linux or Rocky Linux 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 Note: Migrate off CentOS/RHEL 6.x	linux64?(64-bit)
x86_64	SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5	suse64 (64-bit)
x86_64	Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 Windows OS 10, 11	win32
aarch64 (ARM64)	CentOS or RHEL 7.6, 7.9 AlmaLinux, RHEL Linux or Rocky Linux 8.4, 8.5, 8.6	linuxaarch64
SPARC	Oracle Solaris is Not Supported Contact your Account Manager to rehost your licenses to a supported platform.	sparcOS5 sparc64

OS COMPATIBILITY:

Synopsys builds its products on a selected "base" version of each operating system.
Operating system vendors guarantee that applications compiled on a lower minor version of an operating system will be binary-compatible with higher minor versions of the same operating system. This means that an application supported on OS version X.Y should run on OS version X.Z. For example, a tool supported on CentOS or RHEL 7.3 should also run on CentOS or RHEL 7.9.
Synopsys relies on the OS vendors' binary compatibility claim and supports running higher minor versions.