Requirement of architecture for ess portal

hi guys,
IS ABAP stack required r not in enterprise portal to implement the ESS/MSS business packages? we already installed java stack. our version is NW PORTAL 7.01 EHP1 SR3 , BACKEND : ECC 6.0 , EHP5.
Waiting for your valuable replies..........
thanks & Regards
veeranji

yes it is very much required, You need to refer at service.sap.com
and link below which lists the pre req for implementing the ESS
For EHP4
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/80/7d6641df6c7f47e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
For EHP5
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_05/helpdata/en/25/340b0507434193adbfe3f8fc8896c7/frameset.htm

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