Planning the DSS deployment

This section contains the following topics:

●System and environment requirements

●Backup and restore strategy

●Licensing

●Device differences

System and environment requirements

This section contains the following topics:

●Software requirements

●Hardware requirements

●Port requirements

Software requirements

The following table shows the server software requirements.

Table 3-1DSS software requirements

Area

Requirements

 

 

 

Operating systems

●

Microsoft Windows XP

 

●

Microsoft Windows Vista

 

●

Microsoft Windows 7

 

● Microsoft Windows Server 2003, including R2

 

● Microsoft Windows Server 2008, including R2

 

NOTE: 64-bit operating systems are supported, but DSS runs in 32-bit mode

 

 

 

Virtual servers

●

VMware ESX 3.5 and later

 

● Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and later

 

●

Microsoft HyperV

 

 

Miscellaneous

.NET Framework 3.5

 

 

 

Novell

●

Novell Netware 5 or higher

 

● Novell Client 4.91 or higher for Windows XP/2003

 

● Novell Client 2 or higher for Windows Vista/7/2008

 

 

 

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