Administrator Guide
Requirements
Client hardware and software requirements are provided in this chapter. Ensure that the deployment environment meets the
requirements before continuing with deployment tasks.
Topics:
• Encryption Client Hardware
• Encryption Client Software
Encryption Client Hardware
Minimum hardware requirements must meet the minimum specifications of the operating system.
Hardware
● 30 MB of free disk space
● 10/100/1000 or Wi-Fi network interface card
● System disk must be partitioned with the GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition scheme and can be formatted with one
of these:
○ Mac OS X Extended Journaled (HFS+) - is converted to Core Storage to apply FileVault.
○ Apple File System (APFS)
Encryption Client Software
The following table details supported software.
Operating Systems (64-bit kernels)
● macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
● macOS Mojave 10.14.5 - 10.14.6
● macOS Catalina 10.15.5 - 10.15.6
NOTE: Dell Encryption does not support macOS Big Sur.
NOTE:
If you are using a network user account to authenticate, that account must be set up as a mobile account to fully configure
FileVault 2 management.
Encrypted Media
The following table details the operating systems supported when accessing Dell-encrypted external media.
NOTE:
Encryption External Media supports:
● FAT32
● exFAT
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