System Requirements - Novell ZENWORKS ENDPOINT SECURITY MANAGEMENT 3.5 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Each Central Management component is installed separately, the following components are installed
on servers that are secured inside the corporate perimeter:
Policy Distribution Service: Responsible for the distribution of security policies to the
Endpoint Security Client, and retrieval of reporting data from the Endpoint Security Clients.
The Policy Distribution Service can be deployed in the DMZ or outside the enterprise firewall,
to ensure regular policy updates for mobile endpoints.
Management Service: Responsible for user policy assignment and component authentication;
reporting data retrieval, creation and dissemination of ZENworks Endpoint Security
Management reports; and security policy creation and storage.
Management Console: The visible user interface, which can run directly on the server hosting
the Management Service or on a workstation residing inside the corporate firewall with
connection to the Management Service server. The Management Console is used to configure
the Management Service and to create and manage user and group security policies. Policies
can be created, copied, edited, disseminated, or deleted using the Management Console.

1.2 System Requirements

Server System Requirements
Operating Systems:
Microsoft* Windows* 2003 Server
Processor:
3.0 GHz Pentium* 4 HT (or greater)
756 MB RAM minimum (1 GB+ Recommended)
Disk Space:
500 MB - Without local Microsoft SQL database
5 GB - With local MS SQL database (SCSI
recommended)
Required Software:
Supported RDBMS (SQL Server Standard, SQL
Server Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2000
SP4, or SQL 2005)
Microsoft Internet Information Services (configured
for SSL)
Supported Directory Services (eDirectory, Active
Directory, or NT Domains*)
.NET framework 3.5 (servers and Management
Control only)
Standalone Management Control:
Supported RDBMS (SQL Server Standard, SQL
Server Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2000
SP4, SQL 2005, SQL Express)
Client System Requirements
Operating Systems for Endpoint Security Client 3.5:
Windows XP SP1
Windows XP SP2
Windows 2000 SP4
Operating Systems for Endpoint Security Client 4.0
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)
Processor:
600MHz Pentium 3 (or greater)
Minimum 128 MB RAM (256 MB or greater
recommended
Disk Space:
5 MB required, 5 additional MB recommended for
reporting data
Required Software:
Windows 3.1 Installer
All Windows updates should be current
ZENworks Endpoint Security Management
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