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System Requirements

Symantec Endpoint Protection

Client Workstations and Servers

Processor
  • Intel Pentium processor or compatible architecture (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Note: Itanium is not supported
Windows Operating Systems (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, Small Business Server with Service Pack 3 or later
  • Windows XP Home Edition, Professional Edition, Tablet PC Edition, Embedded Edition, Media Center Edition with Service Pack 1 or later
  • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Web Edition, Small Business Server, Compute Cluster Server, Storage Server
  • Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Web Edition
  • Windows Small Business Server, Standard Edition, Premium Edition
  • Windows Essential Business Server, Standard Edition, Premium Edition
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
Memory
  • 256 MB of RAM or more
Hard Disk
  • 600 MB or more

Management Server

Processor
  • Intel Pentium processor or compatible architecture (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Note: Itanium is not supported
Windows Operating Systems (32-bit and 64-bit versions)
  • Windows 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, Small Business Server with Service Pack 3 or later
  • Windows XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 1 or later
  • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Web Edition, Small Business Server, Compute Cluster Server, Storage Server
  • Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, Web Edition
  • Windows Small Business Server, Standard Edition, Premium Edition
  • Windows Essential Business Server, Standard Edition, Premium Edition
Memory
  • 512 MB of RAM or more
Hard Disk
  • 15 MB or more

Database

Embedded database provided. Also supports:
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 3 or later
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Hard Disk
  • 4 GB or more

Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange

Operating system requirements

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server/Data Center (SP4)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise/Data Center (SP1)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 or Windows Server 2003 R2 x64, Standard or Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard orEnterprise Edition

Minimum system requirements:

For Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 or 2008 x64 Standard or Enterprise Edition
  • Intel Server-class 32-bit processor
  • 1 GB of RAM
For Exchange Server 2007
  • x64 architecture–based computer with Intel processor that supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T), or AMD processor that supports the AMD64 platform
  • 2 GB RAM minimum
For all versions of Exchange
  • 325 MB available disk space for Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange
  • .NET Framework version 2.0
  • Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 or higher
  • Microsoft DirectX 9.0

Console-only installation requirements

Operating systems
  • Windows 2000 (SP4)
  • Windows 2003 (SP1)
  • Windows XP (SP1)
Minimum system requirements
  • 512 MB of RAM
  • 250 MB available disk space
  • .NET Framework version 2.0
  • Microsoft DirectX 9.0

Symantec Mail Security for Domino

System requirements

Lotus Domino server
  • Lotus Domino server version 6.5.x or 7.x
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Lotus Notes client
  • Lotus Notes version 6.5.x or 7.x
  • 128 MB RAM minimum (256 MB or more recommended)
  • 300 MB available disk space
Note: Domino server should be sized based on Domino system requirements. System requirements should take into account additional needs such as file system antivirus protection, backup operations, and other business-critical applications unique to the environment.

Symantec Brightmail Gateway

Supported Internet browsers

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0
  • Firefox 2.0

Supported virtualization platforms

  • VMware ESXi 3.x
  • VMware ESX 3.x
Note: VMware is not included in the bundle.

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.2 Administration Server

Operating System Requirements

  • Mac OS X version 10.4.11 - 10.5.x

Hardware Requirements

  • Xserve G5, Xserve, Power Mac G5, Power Mac G4, Macintosh Server G4, Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White), Macintosh Server G3 (Blue & White), iMac, eMac or Mac mini computer
  • 256 MB of RAM, at least 512 MB of RAM for high-demand servers running multiple services
  • Built-in FireWire
  • 4 GB of available disk space

Other Software Requirements

  • As an included add-on component, the Symantec Administration Console requires that Macintosh clients with Symantec AntiVirus 10.2 for Macintosh run under Mac OS 10.4.11 -10.5.x.
NOTE: Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 - 10.5.x is required. Mac OS X Server 10.4 and 10.5 software includes Apache and MySQL.

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.2 Administration Console

Supported Administration Console Browsers

  • Mac OS X + Safari 1.2.X, Firefox 2
  • Windows XP Pro + Internet Explorer 6 SP2, Firefox 2
  • RedHat Linux + Netscape 7

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh Client 10.2

Operating System Requirements

  • Macintosh OS X version 10.4.11 - 10.5.x

Hardware Requirements

  • G3 processor or higher (G4 800 MHz or better if running Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.x)
  • 192 MB of RAM
  • 40 MB of available hard disk space for installation
  • Internet connection required for LiveUpdate

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.1.1 Administration Server

Operating System Requirements

  • Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 - 10.4.11

Hardware Requirements

  • Xserve G5, Xserve, Power Mac G5, Power Mac G4, Macintosh Server G4, Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White), Macintosh Server G3 (Blue & White), iMac, eMac or Mac mini computer
  • 256 MB of RAM, at least 512 MB of RAM for high-demand servers running multiple services
  • Built-in FireWire
  • 4 GB of available disk space

Other Software Requirements

  • As an included add-on component, the Symantec Administration Console requires that Macintosh clients with Symantec AntiVirus 10.1.1 for Macintosh run under Mac OS 10.3.9 -10 4.11.
NOTE: Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 - 10.4.11 is required. Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 and 10.4.11 software includes Apache and MySQL.

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.1.1 Administration Console

Supported Administration Console Browsers

  • Mac OS X + Safari 1.2.X, Firefox 2
  • Windows XP Pro + Internet Explorer 6 SP2, Firefox 2
  • RedHat Linux + Netscape 7

Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh Client 10.1.1

Operating System Requirements

  • Macintosh OS X version 10.3.9 - 10.4.11

Hardware Requirements

  • G3 processor or higher (G4 800 MHz or better if running Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.x)
  • 192 MB of RAM
  • 40 MB of available hard disk space for installation
  • Internet connection required for LiveUpdate

Symantec AntiVirus for Linux Client

Linux distribution support

32-bit
  • 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.x, 3.x
64-bit
  • 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)
Hardware Requirements
  • G3 processor or higher (G4 800 MHz or better if running Mac OS X 10.4 or Mac OS X 10.5)
  • 192 MB of RAM
  • 40 MB of available hard disk space for installation
  • Internet connection required for LiveUpdate
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