Installation guide

178 Planning and Installation Guide ShoreTel 14.2
Server Requirements Operating System Requirements for All Servers
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Operating System Requirements for All Servers
This section lists the operating systems that ShoreTel supports on the Headquarters server and
distributed voice servers. If you are upgrading a system, refer to the Release Notes for the current
ShoreTel version for special instructions that might apply.
ShoreTel supports the following operating systems in enterprise environments:
 Windows Server 2008 32-bit, SP2 (Standard, Enterprise). Prioritization of traffic type is not
supported on this platform.
 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1, 64-bit, (Standard, Enterprise). Prioritization of traffic type is not
supported on this platform.
 Windows Server 2012, 64-bit (Standard, Datacenter). Prioritization of traffic type is not supported
on this platform.
Requirements for the ShoreTel SBE and SBE 100
Systems
The section describes the requirements for the ShoreTel Small Business Edition (SBE) and SBE 100
systems. It begins with a summary of the major differences between the features supported on the
SBE, the SBE 100, and the EE (ShoreTel Enterprise Edition).
Note
For very large system deployments (10K to 20K), the number of ShoreTel Communicator for Windows
users is 500. The number of ShoreTel Communicator for Web and mobile users in 1000.
Table 34: DVS Hardware Minimums
Size Processor RAM Networks
Branch Office Bundle Intel Pentium G680, DualCore 2.7 Ghz. 2 GB 100 Base-T
Small Intel® Core 2 Duo E8400, Single DualCore
3.00 GHz
4 GB 100 Base-T
Medium Intel® Xeon 5520 Single QuadCore 2.27
GHz
8 GB 100 Base-T or
Gigabit Ethernet
Large Intel® Xeon 5520 Dual QuadCore 2.27 GHz 8 GB Gigabit Ethernet
Very Large Intel® Xeon 5520 Dual QuadCore 2.27 GHz 8 GB Gigabit Ethernet
Note
ShoreTel servers (Headquarters and DVS) on the same ShoreTel network can have different
operating systems.