Users Guide

72 Installing Management Station Software
Installation Requirements
These are general requirements for management stations. Operating system-
specific installation prerequisites are listed below as part of the installation
procedures for the respective applications.
Supported Operating Systems
The management station software runs, at a minimum, on each of the
following operating systems:
• Windows 2000 Server SP4 Server and Advanced Server
• Windows Server
®
2003 x86 SP2 (Standard, Enterprise, and Web editions)
• Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2 (Standard, Enterprise, and DataCenter
Editions)
• Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 Gold and SP2 (Standard and Enterprise
editions)
• Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Gold and SP2 (Standard, Enterprise, and
DataCenter Editions)
• Windows Server 2008 x86 Gold (Web, Standard, and Enterprise Editions)
NOTE: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is scheduled to be available in
the first half of 2008. For the latest information, see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx.
• Windows Server 2008 x64 Gold (Standard and DataCenter Editions)
• Windows Server 2008 Core (x86) (Standard and Enterprise editions)
• Windows Server 2008 Core (x64) (Standard and Datacenter editions)
• Windows SBS 2003 R2 (Standard and Premium editions)
NOTE: IT Assistant is not supported on systems running Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 x64, Windows SBS 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008 Core (x86 and x64),
and Windows Server 2008 x64 operating systems.
• Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 R2 (Express, Standard, Workgroup, and
Enterprise editions)
• Windows XP Professional SP2
• Windows Vista
®
(Business and Enterprise editions)