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Installation parameters

  • Published on Sep 23, 2026
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Windows based Manager application requirements (Physical and Virtual)

The following table lists the 10.1 Windows based Manager/Central Manager application requirements:  

Note

Windows 2008 R2 Standard (English/Japanese) is not supported for Manager version 10.1.  

Minimum required  

Recommended  

Operating system  

Any of the following:  

  • Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition English operating system  

  • Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition Japanese operating system  

  • Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition English operating system  

  • Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition Japanese operating system  

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition English operating system  

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition Japanese operating system  

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition English operating system  

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition Japanese operating system  

  • Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition English operating system  

  • Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition Japanese operating system  

  • Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition English operating system  

  • Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition Japanese operating system  

  • Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition English operating system  

  • Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition Japanese operating system  

  • Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition English operating system  

  • Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition Japanese operating system  

Note

Only x64 architecture is supported.  

Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition operating system  

Memory  

16 GB  

Note

Supports up to 10 million alerts in Solr  

>32 GB  

Note

Supports up to 20 million alerts in Solr  

CPU  

Server model processor, such as Intel Xeon  

Same  

Disk space  

300 GB  

500 GB or more  

Network  

1 Gbps card  

1 Gbps card  

Virtual CPUs (Applicable only on a VMware platform)  

4  

4 or more  

VMware ESX server requirements for Windows Operating System  

Component  

Supported  

Recommended  

Virtualization software  

ESXi 6.5 Update 2  

ESXi 6.5 Update 3  

ESXi 6.7 Update 1  

ESXi 6.7 Update 2  

ESXi 6.7 Update 3  

ESXi 7.0 Update 1  

ESXi 7.0 Update 2  

ESXi 7.0 Update 3  

Note

Hyperthreading should be available.  

ESXi 7.0 Update 3  

Manager Linux server system requirements

The following table lists the 10.1 Linux based Manager/Central Manager application specifications for an OVA file:  

Component  

Specifications  

MLOS  

3.9  

Logical CPU cores  

8  

Memory  

32 GB  

Disk space  

500 GB  

NIC  

1  

Note

You can consider 2 for a dual NIC configuration.  

The following are the system requirements for hosting 10.1 Linux based Manager/Central Manager application on a VMware platform:  

VMware ESX server requirements for MLOS  

Component  

Supported  

Recommended  

Virtualization software  

ESXi 6.5 Update 2  

ESXi 6.5 Update 3  

ESXi 6.7 Update 1  

ESXi 6.7 Update 2  

ESXi 6.7 Update 3  

ESXi 7.0 Update 1  

ESXi 7.0 Update 2  

ESXi 7.0 Update 3  

Note

Hyperthreading should be available.  

ESXi 7.0 Update 3  

Manager client system requirements

The following table lists the 10.1 Manager/Central Manager client requirements when using Windows 10:  

Minimum  

Recommended  

Operating system  

Windows 10, English or Japanese  

Note

The display language of the Manager client must be same as that of the Manager server operating system.  

Windows 10, version 1903 English or Japanese  

Memory  

8 GB  

16 GB  

CPU  

1.5 GHz processor  

2.4 GHz or faster  

Monitor  

32-bit color, 1440 x 900 display setting  

1920 x 1080 (or above)  

Browser  

  • Microsoft Edge  

  • Mozilla Firefox  

  • Google Chrome  

Note

To avoid the certificate mismatch error and security warning, add the Manager web certificate to the trusted certificate list.  

Note

Internet Explorer 11 is not supported.  

  • Microsoft Edge 42.0 or later  

  • Mozilla Firefox 70.0 or later  

  • Google Chrome 76.0 or later  

For the Manager/Central Manager client, in addition to Windows 10, you can also use the operating systems mentioned for the Manager server.  

The following are Central Manager and Manager client requirements when using Mac:

Mac operating system  

Browser  

  • Yosemite  

  • El Capitan  

Safari 8 or 9  

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