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Installing Management Center for Cisco Security Agents 5.2
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Chapter 1 Preparing to Install
Before Proceeding
Before Proceeding
Before installing CSA MC software, refer to the Release Notes for up-to-date
information. Not doing so can result in the misconfiguration of your system.
Make sure that your system is compatible with the Cisco product you are
installing and that it has the appropriate software installed.
Read through the following information before installing the CSA MC software.
System Requirements
Note The acronym CSA MC is used to represent the Management Center for Cisco
Security Agents.
Table 1-1 shows the minimum CSA MC server requirements for Windows 2003
systems. These requirements are sufficient if you are running a pilot of the
product or for deployments up to 1.000 agents. If you are planning to deploy CSA
MC with more than 1.000 agents, these requirements are insufficient. See
Scalable Deployments, page 2-3 for more detailed system requirements.
Tab l e 1-1 Minimum Server Requirements
System Component Requirement
Hardware • IBM PC-compatible computer
• Color monitor with video card capable of
16-bit
Processor 1 GHz or faster Pentium processor
Operating System Windows 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise
Editions
Note To run terminal services on the CSA MC
system, you must edit the MC policy.
File System NTFS
Memory 1 GB minimum memory