Chapter 1 Preparing to Install

System Requirements

Caution On Solaris systems running Cisco Security Agents, if you add a new type of Ethernet interface to the system, you must reboot that system twice for the agent to detect it and apply rules to it accordingly.

To run the Cisco Security Agent on your Linux systems, the requirements are as follows:

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Agent Requirements (Linux)

 

 

System Component

 

Requirement

 

 

 

Processor

 

500 MHz or faster x86 processor (32 bits only)

 

 

Note Uni-processor, dual processor, and quad

 

 

processor systems are supported.

 

 

 

Operating Systems

 

RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, or AS

 

 

RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, or AS

 

 

 

Memory

 

256 MB minimum

 

 

 

Hard Drive Space

 

50 MB or higher

 

 

Note This includes program and data.

 

 

 

Network

 

Ethernet

 

 

Note Maximum of 64 IP addresses supported

 

 

on a system.

 

 

 

Note Agent systems must be able to communicate with CSA MC over HTTPS.

Note The Cisco Security Agent uses approximately 30 MB of memory. This applies to agents running on all supported Windows and UNIX platforms.

 

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