Symantec Client Security requires specific protocols, operating systems and service packs, software, and hardware. All of the requirements that are listed for Symantec Client Security components are designed to work with the hardware and software recommendations for the supported Windows and NetWare computers. All computers to which you install Symantec Client Security should meet or exceed the recommended system requirements for the operating system that is used.

Review the following requirements before you install Symantec Client Security:

• Required communications ports and protocols
• Operating system requirements
• RAM, storage, and application requirements

Required communications ports and protocols
The following table describes the network protocols and ports that are required to be available to perform the various functions of the product:

Function	Location	Protocol	Port range
General communication	System Center, management servers	TCP	1024–4999
General communication	System Center, management servers, clients	TCP	2967
General communication	NetWare servers	TCP	2968
General communication	Clients	TCP	1024–5000
Client deployment	System Center	TCP	1024–4999
Client deployment	Target clients or servers	TCP	1024–5000
Client deployment	Management server, target clients or servers	TCP	139
Discovery	Servers	UDP	38293
Discovery	System Center	UDP	1024–4999
Reporting	Servers and agents If you set up a database on a remote machine, you must create an alias and ensure that port number is open. The default for SQL Server is TCP 1433.	TCP	80
Quarantine	Central Quarantine Server	TCP	2847, 2848
AMS Alerts	Servers	UDP	38037
AMS Alerts	Servers	TCP	38293
Legacy management	Legacy servers and clients	UDP	2967 and 2968

To install Symantec Client Security servers and clients, simple host name resolution must be configured in your environment.


Operating system requirements
The following table describes the operating systems on which each of the components of Symantec Client Security 3.1 is supported:

Component	Supported operating systems
Symantec System Center	Windows® 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server Windows XP Professional Windows Server™ 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter
Symantec Client Security server	Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter NetWare 5.1 with Support Pack 8 or higher NetWare 6.0 with Support Pack 5 or higher NetWare 6.5 with Support Pack 2 or higher
Reporting Server	Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise with Support Pack 1 or higher You must enable active scripting on your Web browser before using the reporting server from the Symantec System Center or your Web browser.
Reporting Agent	Windows® 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server Windows XP Professional Windows Server™ 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter
Symantec Client Firewall Administrator	Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server Windows XP Professional Windows Server™ 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter
Quarantine Console	Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server Windows XP Professional Windows Server™ 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter
Central Quarantine server	Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 Web/Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter
Symantec Client Security client (firewall and antivirus protection) 32-bit	Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Home/Professional/Tablet PC Windows XP Home is supported only as an unmanaged client.
Symantec Client Security antivirus client 64-bit	Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003 Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter

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Note: If Symantec AntiVirus is to be installed on Novell NetWare, the computer from which it is rolled out must run the Novell client for NetWare, rather than the Microsoft client for NetWare.

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RAM, storage, and application requirements
In the following table, the requirements describe the amount of RAM and disk storage space that is used by each program. Resources that are used by other programs or by the operating system are not considered here.

Symantec recommends Pentium II or higher processors for all 32-bit components.

Component	RAM	Other requirements
Symantec System Center	64 MB	36 MB disk space without snap-ins 337 MB disk space for Reporting snap-in 518 MB disk space for Symantec Endpoint Compliance snap-in 24 MB disk space for AMS snap-in 6 MB disk space for Symantec AntiVirus snap-in 1 MB disk space for Symantec Client Firewall snap-in 130 MB disk space for AntiVirus Server Rollout tool 2 MB disk space for ClientRemote Install snap-in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 with Service Pack 2 or later Microsoft Management Console version 1.2 or later If MMC is not already installed, 3 MB additional disk space (10 MB during installation) If Microsoft Management Console version 1.2 or later is not on the computer to which you are installing, the installation program will install it.
Windows Symantec Client Security server	64 MB	140 MB disk space (500 MB temporary disk space during installation) 15 MB disk space for reporting agent files (if you choose to install the reporting agent) Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 Static IP address (recommended) Symantec AntiVirus does not support the scanning of Macintosh volumes on Windows servers for Macintosh viruses.
NetWare Symantec Client Security server	15 MB	116 MB disk space (70 MB disk space for server files and 46 MB disk space for the client disk image) 20 MB disk space for AMS2 server files (if you choose to install the AMS2 server) Static IP address (recommended)
AMS2 server	10 MB	15 MB disk space for AMS2 server files for Windows 20 MB disk space for AMS2 server files for NetWare
Reporting Server	256 MB for 100 clients 512 MB for 1,000 clients 1 GB for 50,000 clients	1.5 GB disk space for 100 clients, or 2 GB disk space for 1,000 clients, or 40 GB disk space for 50,000 clients MSDE 2000 with Service Pack 4 (installable), or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 1 or later (existing), or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or later (existing) Internet Information Services 4.0 or later Internet Explorer 5.5 with Service Pack 2 or later
Reporting Agent	11 MB	15 MB disk space
Symantec Client Firewall Administrator	80 MB	130 MB disk space Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 or later
Quarantine Console	64 MB	35 MB disk space Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 or later Microsoft Management Console version 1.2 or later If MMC is not already installed, 3 MB additional disk space (10 MB during installation) If Microsoft Management Console version 1.2 is not on the computer to which you are installing, the installation program will install it.
Central Quarantine server	128 MB	40 MB disk space for Quarantine Server 500 MB to 4 GB disk space recommended for quarantined items Internet Explorer 5.5 with Service Pack 2 or later Minimum swap file size of 250 MB If you are running Windows XP, system disk space usage is increased if the System Restore functionality is enabled.
Symantec Client Security client 32-bit	128 MB	115 MB disk space Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 or later
Symantec Client Security antivirus client 64-bit	80 MB	70 MB disk space Internet Explorer 5.5 with Service Pack 2 or later Intel® processors that support Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel® EM64T) AMD 64-bit Opteron™ and Athlon™ processors

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Note: In Symantec Client Security 3.1, silent installations do not check whether Internet Explorer 5.5 with Service Pack 2 or later is installed on computers when it is required. If the target computers do not have the correct version of Internet Explorer, the installation fails without informing you.

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References
For information about Symantec AntiVirus for Linux 1.0, read System requirements for Symantec AntiVirus for Linux 1.0.