Chapter 1 Preparing to Install
System Requirements
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Installing Management Center for Cisco Security Agents 5.2
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Caution On Solaris systems running Cisco Security Agents, if you add a new type of
Ethernet interface to the system, you must reboot that system twice for the agent
to detect it and apply rules to it accordingly.
To run the Cisco Security Agent on your Linux systems, the requirements are as
follows:
Ta b l e 1-4 Agent Requirements (Linux)
System Component Requirement
Processor 500 MHz or faster x86 processor (32 bits only)
Note Uni-processor, dual processor, and quad
processor systems are supported.
Operating Systems RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, or AS
RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, or AS
Memory 256 MB minimum
Hard Drive Space 50 MB or higher
Note This includes program and data.
Network Ethernet
Note Maximum of 64 IP addresses supported
on a system.
Note Agent systems must be able to communicate with CSA MC over HTTPS.
Note The Cisco Security Agent uses approximately 30 MB of memory. This applies to
agents running on all supported Windows and UNIX platforms.
