Symantec Endpoint Protection
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System Requirements
Client Workstations and Servers
Processor- Note: Itanium is not supported
- Intel Pentium processor or compatible architecture (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows Operating Systems
32-bit systems:
32-bit systems:
- Windows 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, Small Business Server with Service Pack 3 or later
- Windows XP Professional and XP Embedded with Service Pack 1 or later
- Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Storage Edition, Web Edition, Small Business Server
- Windows Vista (all x86 versions and Service Packs)
- Windows 7 (all x86 versions)
- Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Windows Web Server 2008 (R2 and all Service Packs supported)
64-bit systems:
- Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later
- Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Storage Edition, Small Business Server
- Windows Vista (all x64 versions and Service Packs)
- Windows 7 (all x64 versions).
- Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Windows Web Server 2008 (R2 and all Service Packs supported).
- Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition and Premium Edition (R2 and all Service Packs supported).
- Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition and Premium Edition (R2 and all Service Packs supported).
Hardware
32-bit systems:
32-bit systems:
- 256 MB RAM, (1 GB recommended) for Windows XP, Windows XP Embedded, and Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs
- 1 GB RAM minimum (2-4 GB recommended) for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 (all editions), and Windows Server 2008 (all editions)
- 600 MB on the hard disk
Linux Operating Systems (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
- SuSE Linux Enterprise (server/desktop) 9.x, 10.x
- Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES/OES2)
- VMWare ESX 2.5, 3.x
- Ubuntu 7.x, 8.x
- Debian 4.x
Management Server
Processor- Note: Itanium is not supported
- Intel Pentium processor or compatible architecture (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows Operating Systems
32-bit systems:
32-bit systems:
- Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, Small Business Server with Service Pack 3 or later
- Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later
- Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Storage Edition, Web Edition, Small Business Server
- Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Windows Web Server 2008 (R2 and all Service Packs supported)
64-bit systems:
- Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later
- Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Storage Edition, Web Edition, Small Business Server
- Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Windows Web Server 2008 (R2 and all Service Packs supported)
- Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition and Premium Edition (all Service Packs supported)
- Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition and Premium Edition (all Service Packs supported)
Hardware
32-bit systems:
32-bit systems:
- 1 GB RAM (2-4 GB recommended)
- 4 GB on the hard disk for the server, plus 4 GB for the database
64-bit systems:
- 1GB RAM (2-4 GB recommended); 4 GB RAM minimum for all editions of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008
- 4 GB on the hard disk for the server, plus 4 GB for the database; Small Business Server 2008: 60 GB for the server; Essential Business Server 2008: 45 GB for the server
Management Console
Processor- Note: Itanium is not supported
- Intel Pentium processor or compatible architecture (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows Operating Systems
32-bit systems
32-bit systems
- Windows 2000 Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, Small Business Server with Service Pack 3 or later
- Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later
- Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Storage Edition, Web Edition, Small Business Server
- Windows Vista (all x86 versions)
- Windows 7 (all x86 versions)
- Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Windows Web Server 2008 (R2 and all Service Packs supported)
64-bit systems
- Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or later
- Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Storage Edition, Web Edition, Small Business Server
- Windows Vista (all x64 versions)
- Windows 7 (all x64 versions)
- Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Windows Web Server 2008 (R2 and all Service Packs supported)
- Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Standard Edition/Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition(R2 and all Service Packs supported)
- Windows Small Business Server 2008, Standard Edition, Premium Edition (R2 and all Service Packs supported)
Hardware
- 32-bit systems: 1 GB RAM (2-4 GB recommended) 64-bit systems: 1 GB RAM (2-4 GB recommended); 4 GB RAM minimum for all editions of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008
- 15 MB on the hard disk
Database
Embedded database provided. Optionally, the following are also supported:32-bit systems:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
64-bit systems:
Hard Disk
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 3 or later
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008
- 4 GB or more





