Operating system requirements for ACS V4.0 are:

￿Windows 2000 Server

￿Windows 2000 Advanced Server with the following conditions:

Service Pack 4 installed

Without any feature specific to Windows 2000 Advanced Server enabled or without Microsoft clustering service enabled

￿Windows Server® 2003, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1

￿Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition with Service Pack 1

These requirements are from Supported and Interoperable Devices and Software Tables for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows 4.0, which is found at (requires CCO login):

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/sw/secursw/ps2086/products_device_ support_table09186a00805790b8.html

Per the Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server Version 4.0, the Access Control Server must comply to these minimum hardware specifications:

￿Pentium IV CPU at 1.8 Ghz or faster

￿1 GB of system memory

￿1GB of virtual memory

￿At least 1GB of free disk space

￿Minimum supported graphics resolution of 256 colors at 800x600 resolution

￿100BaseT or faster network connection

This installation guide is found at (requires CCO login):

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/sw/secursw/ps2086/products_ installation_guide_book09186a0080533d5e.html

Note: The specifications listed here are the official Cisco minimum requirements. However, for obvious reasons we would not recommend using such an underpowered system in a production environment.

ABBC used the following system for the Cisco Secure ACS:

￿Windows 2000 Server with SP4 installed

￿Pentium IV @ 3.0Ghz CPU

￿512 MB of system memory

￿3 GB of free disk space

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