System requirements for SEP 12.1.2 & 12.1.3

Hello,

Here is system requirements for Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.2 and 12.1.3, for enterprise version and Small Business Edition, and Network Access Control.

These sytem requirements for equally to the "enterprise version" and "Small Business" Edition of Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 RU2 and 12.1.3, ( Network Access Control is a component of the enterprise version only.)

Specified, all updates, editions, and Service Packs (SPs) for a listed Windows version are supported, e.g. Windows 7 = Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editions, all SPs. As Microsoft releases new Service Packs for Windows, these requirements may need to be re-evaluated--the newest Service Pack may require an updated version of the Symantec product.

Here, we include following list of system requirement:

• Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager
• Symantec Endpoint Protection client (Windows and Macintosh)
• Virtual Image Exception Tool (enterprise version only)
• Symantec Network Access Control client
• Symantec Network Access Control On-Demand client

Additional requirements:

• Internationalization requirements

Virtual Image Exception Tool (enterprise version only)

The Virtual Image Exception tool must run in one of the following supported virtual environments:

• VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1 or later
• Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 or later
• Citrix XenServer 5.6 or later

The Symantec Endpoint Protection client must meet all of the following requirements:

• The client must be installed in one of the supported virtual environments.
• The client must run Symantec Endpoint Protection client software version 12.1 or later.

Some Language Requirements and limitations:-

Restrictions apply when you install Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager in a non-English or mixed-language environment.

Computer names, server names, and workgroup names

Non-English characters are supported with the following limitations:

• Network audit may not work for a host or user that uses a double-byte character set or a high-ASCII character set.
• Double-byte character set names or high-ASCII character set names may not appear correctly on the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager console or on the client user interface.
• A long double-byte or high-ASCII character set host name cannot be longer than what NetBIOS allows. If the host name is longer than what NetBIOS allows, the Home, Monitors, and Reports pages do not appear on the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager console.

English characters:

• Deploying a client package to a remote computer.
• Defining the server data folder in the Management Server Configuration Wizard.
• Defining the installation path for Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager.
• Defining the credentials when you deploy the client to a remote computer.
• Defining a group name.
  You can create a client package for a group name that contains non-English characters. You might not be able to deploy the client package using the Push Deployment Wizard when the group name contains non-English characters.
• Pushing non-English characters to the client computers.
  Some non-English characters that are generated on the server side may not appear properly on the client user interface. For example, a double-byte character set location name does not appear properly on non-double-byte character set named client computers.

License Activation Wizard:

Do not use double-byte characters in the following fields:

• First name
• Last name
• Company name
• City
• State / Province