Installation guide

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Installation requirements and
recommendations
Your environment needs to include specific hardware and software to runMcAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
4.6. Review these requirements and recommendations before installing your McAfee ePO software to
ensure that your installation is successful.
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Hardware requirements and recommendations
Software requirements and recommendations
Supported server-class operating systems
Supported virtual infrastructure software
Supported SQL Servers
Supported Internet browsers
Distributed repository requirements
Supported and unsupported products
Hardware requirements and recommendations
Make sure that your environment conforms to these requirements and recommendations before
installing ePolicy Orchestrator software.
Table 1-1 Hardware requirements and recommendations
Component Requirements and recommendations
Dedicated server If managing more than 250 systems, McAfee recommends using a dedicated
server.
Domain controllers The server must have a trust relationship with the Domain Controller on the
network. For instructions, see the Microsoft product documentation.
File system NT file system (NTFS) partition recommended.
Free disk space
• 1.5 GB — First-time installation minimum
• 2 GB — Upgrade minimum
• 2.5 GB — Recommended minimum
IP address McAfee recommends using static IP addresses for ePolicy Orchestrator servers.
ePolicy Orchestrator supports both IPv4 and IPv6 networks.
Memory
• 2 GB available RAM minimum
• 4 GB available RAM recommended minimum
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