Owner's Manual

Planning Your Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Installation 55
Selecting the Operating System
You can install IT Assistant on any system that is running an operating system
listed in Table 4-1.
NOTE: IT Assistant installation is not supported on Microsoft Windows Small
Business Server 2003 and on Windows Essential Business Server 2008.
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 at support.dell.com/manuals
for the latest detailed list of the supported browsers for IT Assistant.
NOTE: On 64-bit operating systems with WOW64 component, you can launch IT
Assistant only in 32-bit Web browsers.
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