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Platform | Client | Win32 Console | Web Server | Server | File Server | Database |
Windows Server 2008 x86 | X | X | X* | X | X | X |
Windows Server 2008 x64 | X | X | X | X | X | |
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, including R2 and SP2 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, including R2 and SP2 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition | X | |||||
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, including R2 and SP2 | X | X | X | X | X | |
Windows 2000 Pro | X | X | X | |||
Windows 2000 Server | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Windows 2000 Advanced Server | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Windows Vista Business | X | X | ||||
Windows Vista Business N | X | X | ||||
Windows Vista Enterprise | X | X | ||||
Windows XP Home | X | |||||
Windows XP Pro | X | X | X | |||
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition | X | X | ||||
Windows CE 6.0 | X | |||||
VMWare ESX Server | X** | |||||
Mac PowerPC and intel-based 10.5 | X | |||||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86_64 | X | |||||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Itanium† | X | |||||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | X | |||||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | X | |||||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86_64 | X | |||||
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Itanium† | X | |||||
Red Hat Linux 9.0 | X | |||||
Red Hat Linux 8.0 | ||||||
Red Hat Advance Server 2.1 | ||||||
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 | X | |||||
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 | X | |||||
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 x86_64 | X | |||||
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Itanium† | X | |||||
SuSE Linux 8.0 | ||||||
Debian Linux Stable | X | |||||
Solaris SPARC 8, 9 (production agent only) | X | |||||
Windows NT Pro | ||||||
Windows NT Server | ||||||
Windows NT Advanced Server | ||||||
Windows 95 | ||||||
Windows 98 | X*** | |||||
Windows ME | ||||||
NetWare 6.5 | X |
*IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility is required to install the DS Web Console on Windows 2008. See article 44000 for more information.
**Support is provided for VMware ESX Server scripted installations.
***Windows 98 support is limited to upgrading the operating system. This includes capturing and storing a Personality Transplant package on the Deployment Share, performing a deploy image task, and restoring the captured personality package.
†Itanium support applies only to HP Integrity systems.
Supported Databases
X = Supported
System Requirements
Host Operating System SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2000 Windows Server 2008 x86 X X Windows Server 2008 x64 X X Windows Server 2003 x86 X X X Windows Server 2003 x64 X X Windows Server 2000 X
Database RequirementsDeployment Agent (AClient, DAgent and ADLAgent): Deployment Agents require network connectivity and around 5 MB disk space. Other system requirements are the same as the host operating system.
Deployment Server: We recommend running the Deployment Server components on a modern, dedicated server with a 1 GHz or faster processor with 1 GB or more of RAM. At an absolute minimum, this server should have a PIII-compatible 600 MHz or newer processor with 512 MB RAM.
If the database will be hosted on the same computer as your Deployment Server, you need a minimum of 512 MB additional memory, with an additional 1 GB recommended.
Computers hosting additional PXE servers and file shares should meet the requirements of the operating system hosting these components.
Automation Requirements: Microsoft recommends 512 MB of memory for computers booting WinPE. At a minimum, you should have 384 MB to avoid boot error.
See the system requirements and guidelines for the database version you are running.Scripted Installations—Supported Automation Operating Systems
X = Supported
Preboot Environments
Operating System Being Installed MS DOS Free DOS Linux x86 Linux x64 Linux ia64 WinPE 32 WinPE x64 WinPE ia64 Windows 2008 Server (all supported versions) x86 X* Windows 2008 Server (all supported versions) x64 X* Windows 2008 Server (all supported versions) ia64 X* Windows 2000 Advanced Server X X X Windows 2000 Professional X X X Windows 2000 Server X X X Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition x86 X X X Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition x64 X Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition ia64 X Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition x86 X X X Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition x64 X Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition ia64 X Windows Server 2003 Web Edition x86 X X X Windows Server 2003 Web Edition x64 X Windows Server 2003 Web Edition ia64 X Windows Vista (all supported versions) X Windows Vista (all supported versions) x64 X Windows XP Professional x86 X X X Windows XP Professional x64 X Windows XP Professional ia64 X
*Windows Server 2008 requires WinPE 2.1