| Administration Server

Attention! The amount of RAM and processor types in Network Agent and Administration Server/Console are minimum system requirements to be able to install corresponding components. It is recommended to use computers with a larger amount of RAM and processor frequency.
Minimum system requirements to install an Administration Server:
- Operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Professional SP4 and above.
If you are working with operating system Microsoft Windows 2000 with installed SP4, you should install the following Microsoft Windows updates before installing Administration Server:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 and above;
If you are going to use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP3 as a database server, and it will be installed on the same computer as the Administration server, it is necessary to install SP3 for Microsoft Windows XP Professional on this computer.
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Vista x64 SP1 with all actual updates,
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 requires installed Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 installed as Server Core;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 SP1 with all actual updates.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 requires installed Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2;
- Microsoft Windows 7.
- Database Server (Can be installed on a separate computer):
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 and above.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP2 and above (Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is included into Kaspersky Administration Kit distribution package and can be installed directly from Kaspersky Administration Kit installation CD).
If you are going to install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP3 on a computer running Microsoft Windows XP Professional, please be sure to install SP3 for Microsoft Windows XP Professional on this computer first. Installation of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP3 on a computer running Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 may result in BSOD (due to incompatibility of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP3 and Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2). Kaspersky Lab is not responsible for this problem.
- MySQL Enterprise 5.0.60 SP1, 5.0.70, 5.0.82 SP1.
- MySQL 5.0.67, 5.0.85.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP 3 and above.
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) SP3 and above.
- Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) version 2.8 and above (is included into Kaspersky Administration Kit distribution package).
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (is included into Kaspersky Administration Kit distribution package).
- Processor: Intel Pentium III 800 MHz and above.
- RAM: 256MB.
- Free hard disk space: 1GB.
Administration Console
Minimum system requirements to install an Administration Console:
- Operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and above;
Microsoft Windows 2000 requires installed browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 and above;
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 and above;
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Vista x64 SP1 with all actual updates.
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 requires installed Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 SP1 with all actual updates.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 requires installed Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2;
- Microsoft Windows 7.
Microsoft Windows 7 requires installed browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and above.
- Microsoft Management Console 1.2 and above.
- Processor: Intel Pentium III 800 MHz and above.
- RAM: 256MB
- Free hard disk space: 70MB.
Network Agent
Minimum system requirements to install a Network Agent:
for Windows systems
- Operating system:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and above;
If you are working with operating system Microsoft Windows 2000 with installed SP4, you should install update rollup 1 for Windows 2000 with service pack 4 (KB891861) before installing Network Agent.
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 and above;
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and above;
- Microsoft Windows Vista x64 SP1 with all actual updates.
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 requires installed Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 installed as Server Core;
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 SP1 with all actual updates.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 requires installed Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2;
- Microsoft Windows 7.
- Processor: Intel Pentium 233 MHz and above.
- RAM: 32 MB.
- Free hard disk space: 20MB.
Minimum system requirements to a computer with installed Network Agent used as an Update Agent:
- Processor: Intel Pentium III 800 MHz and above.
- RAM: 256 MB.
- Free hard disk space: 500MB.
for NetWare server
- Operating systems:
- Novell NetWare 6 SP5 and above.
- Novell NetWare 6.5 SP7 and above.
- Processor: Intel Pentium 233 MHz and above.
- RAM: 32 MB.
- Free hard disk space: 32MB.
for Linux systems
Soft and hardware requirements coincide with Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7 for Linux Workstations / Servers requirements.

Administration Server and Console, and Network Agent have passed a full cycle of testing on:
- VMware Workstation for Windows 6.5
- VMware Server 1.0.4
- VMware ESXi 4.0
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