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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:
  • 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:
  • 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:
  • 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:
  • 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
  • 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:
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 3 or later
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Hard Disk
  • 4 GB or more
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