Users Guide

Table 2. Upgrading and migrating to SupportAssist Enterprise (continued)
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SupportAssist for Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager Version 1.0 or 1.1
Minimum requirements for installing and using
SupportAssist Enterprise
The following sections describe the minimum hardware, software, and networking requirements for installing and using
SupportAssist Enterprise.
Hardware requirements
The hardware requirements for installing and using SupportAssist Enterprise vary depending on:
● The number of devices you want to monitor
● The SupportAssist Enterprise functionality you want to use — collection of system information only or both monitoring and
collection of system information
You can install SupportAssist Enterprise on a virtual machine or 9th or later generation PowerEdge server.
The following table provides a summary of the minimum hardware requirements on the server where you want to install
SupportAssist Enterprise.
Table 3. Hardware requirements
Requirement Processor Installed memory (RAM) Hard drive (free space)
For collection of system
information from a single
device
1 core 4 GB 1 GB
For monitoring and collection
of system information from up
to 20 devices
2 cores 4 GB 4 GB
For monitoring and collection
of system information from up
to 100 devices
4 cores 8 GB 12 GB
For monitoring and collection
of system information from up
to 300 devices
4 cores 8 GB 32 GB
For monitoring and collection
of system information from up
to 1000 devices
8 cores 8 GB 60 GB
For monitoring and collection
of system information from up
to 3500 devices
8 cores 16 GB 90 GB
NOTE: When SupportAssist Enterprise is installed on a Windows operating system, you can extend the monitoring and
collection capabilities for up to 15,000 devices by setting up multiple Remote Collectors.
NOTE: When SupportAssist Enterprise is installed on Windows, you can extend SupportAssist Enterprise capability to
monitor more than 3,500 devices by setting up adapters and Remote Collectors. For more information on setting up
adapters and Remote Collectors, see Using extensions.
NOTE: For monitoring more than 100 devices in your environment, Dell recommends that you install SupportAssist
Enterprise on server that meets the specified hardware requirements. Periodic collections (required for ProSupport Plus
reporting) from more than 100 devices may result in a high processor or memory utilization on the monitoring server. This
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