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Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition

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System Requirements

Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition

Management server
Processor
  • Note: Itanium is not supported
  • 1-GHz Intel Pentium III processor or compatible architecture minimum (32-bit) (Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent recommended)
  • 2-GHz Pentium 4 with x86-64 support or equivalent minimum
Memory
  • 1 GB of RAM minimum
  • 2 GB recommended
Hard disk
  • 4 GB or more
Client workstations and servers
Processor
  • Note: Itanium is not supported
  • 1-GHz Intel Pentium III processor or compatible architecture minimum (32-bit) (Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent recommended)
  • 2-GHz Pentium 4 with x86-64 support or equivalent minimum
Memory
  • 256 MB of RAM minimum
  • 1 GB recommended
Hard Disk Space
  • 700 MB or more
Browser
  • Internet Explorer 6 or later
Operating Systems Requirements
Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition
  • Windows 2000 Professional/Server
  • Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Windows XP Embedded
  • Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Windows Small Business Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Windows Small Business Server 2008 (64-bit)
  • Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (64-bit)
Symantec Protection Center
  • Windows 2000 Server
  • Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 (32-bit, 64-bit)
  • Windows Small Business Server 2008 (64-bit)
  • Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (64-bit)

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
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 AntiVirus for Macintosh 10.2

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

Backup Exec System Recovery Desktop Edition 8.5

Operating Systems for the Desktop Edition
Windows 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems
  • Windows Vista Ultimate
  • Windows Vista Business
  • Windows Vista Enterprise
  • Windows XP Professional/Home (SP2 or later)
  • Windows XP Media Center
Processor
  • 233 MHz or greater, as required by the operating system
RAM
Memory requirements per key components:
  • Backup Exec System Recovery Agent: 512 MB
  • Backup Exec System Recovery user interface and Recovery Point Browser: 512 MB
  • Symantec Recovery Disk: 512 MB minimum (dedicated)

    Note: If you are installing a multilingual version of the product, you must have a minimum of 768 MB of RAM (dedicated) to run the multilingual version of the Symantec Recovery Disk.

  • Backup Exec System Recovery LightsOut Restore feature: 1 GB

Symantec Premium AntiSpam

Operating System requirements
  • Solaris 8 or 9
  • Windows 2000 Server (SP3)
  • Windows 2003 Server (SP1)
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