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Rational® Functional Tester
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about what's new, installation instructions, known problems in and contact information of IBM Customer Support.
- System Requirements
  This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.
- Getting Started Guide
  This guide provides an overview of Rational® Functional Tester. You can find the task flows to get you started with Rational Functional Tester. This guide is intended for new users.
- Tutorials
  You can learn to start using Rational® Functional Tester by reviewing the information in the Tutorials for the UI Test perspective and Functional Test perspective.
- Samples
  You can find the sample project that you can use with Rational® Functional Tester to test the functionality of an application.
- Administrator Guide
  This guide describes how to install IBM® Rational® Functional Tester software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Test Author Guide
  This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
- Test Execution Specialist Guide
  This guide describes how to automate the playback of the tests by using different methods such as Docker, IBM Cloud Private, Jenkins and so on. The test results can be pushed to Rational® Test Control Panel.
- Test Manager Guide
  This guide describes how to keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. Following topics cover how you can work with the test results.
- Troubleshooting
  This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with Rational® Functional Tester.
- Reference Guide
  This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Functional Tester.
- All Guides (PDF)
  You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of IBM® Rational® Functional Tester as a PDF file.
- Security Considerations
  You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
- Notices
  This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Hardware

You can find information about the hardware requirements for IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.

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Linux


Hardware	Requirement	Notes
Disk space	10 GB	Long test runs require large amount of disk space. You must ensure that there is adequate disk space before running tests. Disk space consumption can be reduced by selecting the degree of logging in a test run. For best results with large projects, long test runs, or AFT test runs, you must use 16 GB RAM. For best results with long test runs or large AFT runs, you must use 2.30 GHz or higher processor.
Memory	8 GB
Processor	Any modern processor that supports the operating system.

Mac


Hardware	Requirement	Notes
Disk space	10 GB	Long test runs require large amount of disk space. You must ensure that there is adequate disk space before running tests. Disk space consumption can be reduced by selecting the degree of logging in a test run. For best results with long test runs, you must use 2.30 GHz or higher processor.
Memory	16 GB
Processor	Any modern processor that supports the operating system.

Windows


Hardware	Requirement	Notes
Disk space	10 GB	Long test runs require large amount of disk space. You must ensure that there is adequate disk space before running tests. Disk space consumption can be reduced by selecting the degree of logging in a test run. For best results with large projects, long test runs, or AFT test runs, you must use 16 GB RAM. For best results with long test runs or large AFT runs, you must use 2.30 GHz or higher processor.
Memory	8 GB
Processor	Any modern processor that supports the operating system.