Owner's Manual

Planning Your Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Installation 49

Selecting the Operating System

You can install IT Assistant on any system that is running an operating

system listed in Table 4-1.

NOTE: IT Assistant installation is not supported on Microsoft Windows Small

Business Server 2003 and on Windows Essential Business Server 2008.

NOTE: IT Assistant can be installed on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Server

Core but can only be launched remotely.

NOTE: See your Microsoft operating system documentation when installing and

configuring Terminal Services or Remote Desktop.

NOTE: If you use the performance and power monitoring feature, see Table 7-3

for hardware and operating system requirements.

NOTE: IT Assistant installation is not supported on Microsoft

Windows

However, you can manage devices that are running on Microsoft Windows 7

operating system.

Selecting the Web Browser

See the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix on the Dell Support website at

support.dell.com/manuals for the latest detailed list of the supported

browsers for IT Assistant.

NOTE: IT Assistant cannot be installed on Dell systems running Red Hat Enterprise

Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems. These systems can,

however, launch IT Assistant through supported browsers, such as Firefox.

Table 4-1. Minimum Supported Operating System Requirements for IT Assistant

Small (up to 500 Managed Systems) Large (500+ Managed Systems)

Microsoft

Windows

XP Professional

with SP2

Not applicable

Windows Server 2003 with SP2 Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Windows Server 2003 R2 (Web Edition) Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard and

Enterprise Editions)

Windows Vista

Gold (Business and

Enterprise Editions)

Windows Server

2008 (includes

Standard, Enterprise, and Web editions)