System Requirements

Normal Server (antivirus server)

  • Intel™ Pentium™ IV 2.5-GHz or Intel 3.0-GHz EM64T or AMD Athlon 2.0-GHz 64-bit processor (or equivalent)
  • Operating System:
    • Microsoft Windows:
      • Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise/Storage/Datacenter/Web x32 & x64 without Hyper-V)
      • Windows Server 2008 Core Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter/Web (x32 & x6)
      • Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Standard/Enterprise/Storage/Datacenter (x64)
      • Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise/Storage Edition (SP1 or SP2 or R2–x32 & x64)
      • Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard/Advanced/Professional with SP4
      • 1GB RAM (512MB for Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise and Windows 2000)
      • 500MB disk space
    • Novell Netware:
      • Novell™ NetWare™ 6.5 with SP6, SP7 or SP8 (Open Enterprise Server 2)
      • Server-class PC with a Pentium IV or AMD Athlon processor
      • 512MB RAM; 500MB of disk space
    • VMWare ESX Server 3.0
    • Network Protocols and Services:
      • TCP/IP, Microsoft Network, and RPC services must be running on Windows 2000 Server family operating system. IP or IPX must be running on the installed NetWare server.

    Information Server (central management server)

    • Intel™ Pentium™ IV 2.5-GHz or Intel 3.0-GHz EM64T or AMD Athlon 2.0-GHz 64-bit processor (or equivalent)
    • Microsoft Windows:
      • Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise/Storage/Datacenter/Web (x32 & x64 without Hyper-V)
      • Windows Server 2008 Core Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter/Web (x32 & x64)
      • Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Standard/Enterprise/Storage/Datacenter (x64)
      • Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise/Storage Edition (SP1 or SP2 or R2—x32 & x64)
      • Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard/Advanced/Professional with SP4
      • 500MB RAM
      • 90MB free disk space (if installing with Control Manager agent)
    • Network Protocols and Services:
      • TCP/IP, Microsoft Network, NWLink, IPX/SPX, NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol, NetWare Gateway Service, RPC services for NetWare, and RPC services for Windows.

    The services listed above must be running on the Information Server.

    Management Console

    • Intel™ Pentium™ IV 2.5-GHz or Intel 3.0-GHz EM64T or AMD Athlon 2.0-GHz 64-bit processor (or equivalent)
    • Microsoft Windows:
      • Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise/Storage/Datacenter/Web (x32 & x64 without Hyper-V)
      • Windows Server 2008 Core Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter/Web (x32 & x64)
      • Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Standard/Enterprise/Storage/Datacenter (x64)
      • Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise/Storage Edition (SP1 or SP2 or R2– x32 & x64)
      • Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard/Advanced/Professional with SP4
        • Microsoft Windows XP Home/Professional
        • Windows Vista Home/Business/Ultimate
      • 1GB RAM (512MB for Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise and Windows 2000)
      • 500MB disk space
    • A monitor with 1024 x 768 or higher resolution
    • Network Protocols and Services: TCP/IP, Microsoft Network and RPC services must be running on Windows family operating system

Recommended Bandwidth

  • Trend Micro recommends an allocated bandwidth of at least 128 Kilobits per second to optimize deployment of component updates between ServerProtect Information and Normal Servers.
  • For ActiveUpdate 2.8, you’ll need an additional 500MB disk space to turn on Smart Duplicate, in which case the cached pattern number must be set to value of 14.