Administrator Guide

Requirements

All Clients

These requirements apply to all clients. Requirements listed in other sections apply to specific clients.

● IT best practices should be followed during deployment. This includes, but is not limited to, controlled test environments for

initial tests, and staggered deployments to users.

● The user account performing the installation/upgrade/uninstallation must be a local or domain administrator user, which can

be temporarily assigned by a deployment tool such as Microsoft SCCM. A non-administrator user that has elevated privileges

is not supported.

● Back up all important data before beginning installation/uninstallation.

● Do not make changes to the computer, including inserting or removing external (USB) drives during installation.

● Administrators should ensure all necessary ports are available.

● Be sure to periodically check dell.com/support for the most current documentation and Technical Advisories.

● The Dell Data Security line of products does not support Windows Insider Preview releases.

Prerequisites

● Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5.2 (or later) is required for the master and child installer's clients. The installer does not install

the Microsoft .Net Framework components.

● To verify the version of Microsoft .Net installed, follow these instructions on the computer targeted for installation. See

these instructions to install Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5.2.

● If installing Encryption in FIPS mode, Microsoft .Net Framework 4.6 is required.

Hardware

● The following table details the minimum supported computer hardware.

Hardware

○ Intel Pentium or AMD Processor

○ 110 MB of available disk space

○ 512MB RAM

NOTE: Additional free disk space is required to encrypt files on the endpoint. Size varies based on enabled policies and

drive capacity.

Localization

● Dell Encryption, SED Manager, PBA advanced authentication, and BitLocker Manager are multilingual user interface

compliant and are localized in the following languages.

Language Support

EN - English IT - Italian KO - Korean

ES - Spanish DE - German PT-BR - Portuguese, Brazilian

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