The system requirements for (SEPM) Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager and the (SEPC) Symantec Endpoint Protection clients are the same as those of the operating systems on which they are supported.
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager system requirements
- Symantec Endpoint Protection client for Windows system requirements
- Symantec Endpoint Protection client for Windows Embedded system requirements
- Symantec Endpoint Protection client for Mac system requirements
- Symantec Endpoint Protection client for Linux system requirements
Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager system requirements
This SEPM version manages 11.0.x and 12.0.x clients, regardless of the client operating system.
Component | Requirements |
| Processor | Intel Pentium Dual-Core or equivalent minimum |
| Physical RAM | 2 GB minimum 4 GB or more recommened |
| Hard drive | 16 GB available minimum for the management server 40 GB available minimum for the management server and a locally installed database. |
| Display | 1024 x 768 or larger |
| Operating system (desktop) | Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit; RTM and SP1; all editions except Starter and Home) Windows 8 (32 & 64 bit) Windows 8.1 ( 32 & 64 bit) Windows 8.1 updated (32 & 64 bit) |
| Operating system (server) | Windows Server 2008 (32-bit, 64-bit; R2, RTM, SP1 and SP2) Windows Small Business Server 2008 (64-bit) Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (64-bit) Windows Small Business Server 2011 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012 (R2 and all updated) |
| Web browser | Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Mozilla Firefox 5.x through 50.x (MP7), through 53.x (MP8) Google Chrome 55.0.x (MP7), 58.0.x (MP8) |
| Database | The SEPM includes an embedded database. SQL Server 2005, SP4 SQL Server 2008, RTM - SP4 SQL Server 2008 R2, RTM - SP3 SQL Server 2012, RTM - SP3 SQL Server 2014, RTM - SP2 SQL Server 2016 |
Note :- If you use a SQL Server database, you may need to make more disk space available. The amount and location of additional space depends on which drive SQL Server uses, database maintenance requirements, and other database settings.
Symantec Endpoint Protection client for Windows system requirements
Component | Requirements |
| Processor | 32-bit processor: 1 GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent minimum 64-bit processor: 2 GHz Pentium 4 with x86-64 support or equivalent minimum |
| Physical RAM | 512 MB or higher if required by the operating system |
| Hard drive | 1.8 GB of available hard disk space for the installation |
| Display | 800 x 600 or larger |
| Operating system (desktop) | Windows XP Home or Professional (32 & 64 bit) -Windows XP Embedded (SP3) Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit) Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit, RTM and SP1) Windows Embedded 7 Standard, POSReady, and Enterprise (32 & 64) Windows 8 (32 & 64 bit) Windows Embedded 8 Standard (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit), including Windows To Go Windows 8.1 update for April 2014 (32-bit, 64-bit) Windows 8.1 update for August 2014 (32-bit, 64-bit) Windows Embedded 8.1 Pro, Industry Pro, Industry Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 10 RTM (32-bit, 64-bit) Windows 10 November Update (2015) (32-bit, 64-bit) Windows 10 Anniversary Update (2016) (basic compatibility*) (32-bit, 64-bit) Windows 10 Creators Update (2017) (basic compatibility*) (32-bit, 64-bit) |
| Operating system (server) | Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit; R2, SP1 or later) Windows Small Business Server 2003 (32-bit) Windows Server 2008 (32-bit, 64-bit; R2, SP1, and SP2) Windows Small Business Server 2008 (64-bit) Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (64-bit) Windows Small Business Server 2011 (64-bit) Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 R2 update for April 2014 Windows Server 2012 R2 update for August 2014 Windows Server 2016 (Basic compatibility) |
| Browser Intrusion Prevention | it is based on the version of the Client Intrusion Detection System (CIDS) engine. |
Symantec Endpoint Protection client for Windows Embedded system requirements
Component | Requirements |
| Processor | 1 GHz Intel Pentium |
| Physical RAM | 256 MB |
| Hard drive | 450 MB of available hard disk space |
| Embedded operating system | Windows Embedded Standard (WES) 2009 Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 Windows Embedded Point of Service (WEPOS) Windows Embedded Standard 7 Windows Embedded POSReady 7 Windows Embedded Enterprise 7 Windows Embedded 8 Standard Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Enterprise Windows Embedded 8.1 Pro Note:- All operating system supports both of 32 and 64 bit |
| Required minimum components | Filter Manager (FltMgr.sys) Performance Data Helper (pdh.dll) Windows Installer Service FBA: Driver Signing (applies only to XP-based Embedded) WinLogon (applies only to XP-based Embedded) |
| Templates | Application Compatibility Digital Signage Industrial Automation IE, Media Player, RDP Set Top Box Thin Client Note:- The Minimum Configuration template is not supported. |
Symantec Endpoint Protection client for Mac system requirements
Component | Requirements |
| Processor | 64-Bit Intel Core 2 Duo or later |
| Physical RAM | 2 GB |
| Hard drive | 500 MB of available hard disk space for the installation |
| Display | 800 x 600 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, and macOS 10.12 |
Symantec Endpoint Protection client for Linux system requirements
| Component | Requirements |
| Hardware | Intel Pentium 4 (2 GHz) or higher processor 1 GB RAM 7 GB of available hard disk space |
| Operating systems | CentOS 6U4, 6U5, 6U6, 7, 7U1, 7U2; Debian 6.0.5 Squeeze; Debian 8 Jessie (MP8) Fedora 16, 17 Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 SP2 and 2 SP3 running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP3 Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 11 and 11 SP1 running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP1 and SP2 Oracle Linux (OEL) 5U8, 5U9, 6U2, 6U4, 6U5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (RHEL) 5U7 - 5U11, 6U2 - 6U8 7 - 7.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP3, 10 SP4, 11 SP1 - 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10 SP3, 10 SP4, 11 SP1 - 11 SP3 Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.04.02, 14.04, 16.04 Note:- Above all OS 32 and 64 bit supported. |
| Graphical desktop environments | KDE Gnome Unity |
| Other environmental requirements | Oracle Java 1.5 or later, Java 7 or later recommended Unlimited Strength Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) for java cryptography extension http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/ i686-based dependent packages on 64-bit computers For Red Hat-based distributions: sudo yum install glibc.i686 libgcc.i686 libX11.i686 XFS file systems that contain inode64 attributes are not supported. |