Cisco Systems DOC-78-17916 manual Before Proceeding, System Requirements

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 1-1shows 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 2-3for more detailed system requirements.

	Table 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
	Installing Management Center for Cisco Security Agents 5.2
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