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System Requirements

Symantec Endpoint Protection Client (32-bit)

Minimum requirements
  • Windows 2000 SP3+, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista (x86)
  • Pentium III 300 MHz (1GHz for Windows Vista)
  • 256MB RAM
  • 180 MB disk (plus an additional 440 MB during installation)

Symantec Endpoint Protection Client (64-bit)

Minimum requirements
  • Windows XP Professional (x64) SP1+, Windows Server 2003 (x64), Windows Vista (x64)
  • 1 GHz with one of the following processors: Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support, AMD 64-bit Opteron, AMD 64-bit Athlon (Note: Itanium is not supported)
  • 256MB RAM
  • 180 MB disk (plus an additional 440 MB during installation)

Symantec AntiVirus for Linux Client

Linux distribution supported: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise (server/desktop), Novell Open Enterprise Server, VMWare ESX. Not centrally managed by Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager.

Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager

Central Administration Server

Minumum requirements
  • Windows XP Professional SP2; Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (web server)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3 or SQL Server 2005 (optional)
  • 2GB RAM
  • 1GB free disk space

Symantec Endpoint Protection Console

Remote administration console (optional

Minimum Requirements
  • Windows Vista; Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise; Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced Server
  • Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2
  • 512MB RAM
Endpoint Security Challenge