KACE Systems Management Appliance 14.1 Common Documents - Technical Specifications for Virtual Appliances

Requirement	Details
KACE SMA: Processor and Memory	Devices		Processor	Memory
	0 - 2000		2 CPUs	8 GB RAM
	2000 - 4000		4 CPUs	12 GB RAM
	4000 - 8000		8 CPUs	20 GB RAM
	8000 - 16000		16 CPUs	36 GB RAM
	16000 - 32000		32 CPUs	68 GB RAM
	32000 - 50000		64 CPUs	132 GB RAM
	NOTE: These are minimum specifications in a simple configuration. Any changes that typically increase the use of system resources, such as complex Smart Labels, non-default check-in schedules, changes to history logging, and so on, require additional system resources.
KACE SMA: Network Interface	Devices		Network Interface Card
	0 - 8000		1 GB Ethernet Port
	8000 +		10 GB Ethernet Port
KACE AMA: Processor and Memory	Devices		Processor	Memory
	0 - 2500		2 CPUs	8 GB RAM
	2500 - 5000		4 CPUs	12 GB RAM
	5000 - 10000		8 CPUs	20 GB RAM
	10000 - 25000		16 CPUs	36 GB RAM
	25000 - 50000		24 CPUs	68 GB RAM
	NOTE: These are minimum specifications in a simple configuration. Any changes that typically increase the use of system resources, such as complex Smart Labels, non-default check-in schedules, changes to history logging, and so on, require additional system resources.
KACE AMA: Network Interface	Devices		Network Interface Card
	0 - 10000		1 GB Ethernet Port
	10000 +		10 GB Ethernet Port
Available Disk Space	Small Installations	Large Installations
	1 TB	3 TB
Media	DVD
Server and Operating System	64-bit
Virtualization Infrastructure Requirements	For VMware® installations: SMA 14.0 runs on FreeBSD 14.0 supported on VMware ESX®/ESXi™ 8.0 and later. Open Virtualization Format (OVF) 1.0 NOTE: To better understand the requirements for Amazon Web Services in cloud-based solutions, visit https://support.quest.com/kb/261998. For Microsoft® Hyper-V® installations: Windows Server® 2019 with Hyper-V Windows Server® 2022 with Hyper-V For Nutanix installations: Nutanix AOS 5.20.1.1 (LTS) or later

Operating system requirements for Agent-managed devices

The KACE SMA Agent is an application that can be installed on devices to enable device management through the virtual KACE SMA appliance. The KACE SMA Agent can be installed on devices that meet the following operating system requirements. For additional specifications, see the operating system vendor’s documentation. The appliance imposes no additional requirements, and supports 32-bit and 64-bit architectures where applicable.

Table 2. Operating system requirements

Operating system	Details
Windows®
Windows 11 IoT	Enterprise 21H2, 22H2
Windows 11	Professional, Enterprise 21H2, 22H2, 23H2
Windows 10 IoT	Enterprise 1809
Windows 10	Professional, Enterprise 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, 2004, 20H2, 21H1, 21H2, 22H2
Windows 8, 8.1	Professional, Enterprise
Windows Server 2022	Standard, Datacenter
Windows Server 2019, 2016	Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2	Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
Mac®
macOS®	11.0, 12.x, 13.0, 14.0
Linux®
Linux Red Hat® Linux AS and ES	7.4 - 9 64-bit architecture only
Ubuntu® LTS	18.04, 20.04, 22.04 64-bit architecture only
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server	12, 15
Raspbian Linux (on Raspberry Pi devices)	8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Raspbian Pi 4 hardware supported with Debian 10 (Buster) Raspbian Pi 4 hardware supported with Debian 11 (Bullseye) Raspbian Pi 4 hardware supported with Debian 12 (Bookworm)
CentOS™	7.4 - 8 64-bit architecture only