Owner's Manual

52 Planning Your Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Installation
NOTE: IT Assistant installation is not supported on Microsoft Windows Small
Business Server 2003 and on Windows Essential Business Server 2008.
IT Assistant installation is not supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.
NOTE: IT Assistant can be installed on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server
Core but can only be launched remotely.
NOTE: See your Microsoft operating system documentation when installing and
configuring Terminal Services or Remote Desktop.
NOTE: If you use the performance and power monitoring feature, see Table 7-3
for hardware and operating system requirements.
Selecting the Web Browser
See the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com/manuals for the latest detailed list of the supported
browsers for IT Assistant.
NOTE: IT Assistant cannot be installed on Dell systems running Red Hat Enterprise
Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems. These systems can,
however, launch IT Assistant through supported browsers, such as Firefox.
Table 4-1. Minimum Supported Operating System Requirements for IT Assistant
Small (up to 500 Managed Systems) Large (500+ Managed Systems)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional with
SP3
Not applicable
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2(Web
Edition)
Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard and
Enterprise Editions)
Windows Vista Gold (Business and
Enterprise Editions)
Windows Server 2008 (includes Standard,
Enterprise, and Web editions)
Windows 7 Professional