KACE Systems Management Appliance 12.1 Common Documents - Technical Specifications for Virtual Appliances

Requirement	Details
KACE SMA: Processor and Memory	Devices		Processor	Memory
	0 - 2000		2 CPUs	4 GB RAM
	2000 - 4000		4 CPUs	8 GB RAM
	4000 - 8000		8 CPUs	16 GB RAM
	8000 - 16000		16 CPUs	32 GB RAM
	16000 - 32000		32 CPUs	64 GB RAM
	32000 - 50000		64 CPUs	128 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	4 GB RAM
	2500 - 5000		4 CPUs	8 GB RAM
	5000 - 10000		8 CPUs	16 GB RAM
	10000 - 25000		16 CPUs	32 GB RAM
	25000 - 50000		24 CPUs	64 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: VMware ESX®/ESXi™ 6.7 or 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 2016 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

NOTE: The appliance includes installers for the above Linux operating systems, as well as generic versions. Only the listed Linux versions are supported. Any attempts to install and run the generic version of the KACE Agent on an unsupported Linux OS can lead to unpredictable results. You can only do so at your own risk.

Operating system	Details
Windows®
Windows 11 IoT	Enterprise 21H2
Windows 11	Professional, Enterprise 21H2
Windows 10 IoT	Enterprise 1809
Windows 10	Professional, Enterprise 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, 2004, 20H2, 21H1, 21H2
Windows 8, 8.1	Professional, Enterprise
Windows 7	Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019, 2016	Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2	Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2	Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
Mac®
macOS®	10.14, 10.15, 11.0, 12.0, 12.3
Linux®
Linux Red Hat® Linux AS and ES	7.4 - 8.x 64-bit architecture only
Ubuntu®	18.04, 20.4 64-bit architecture only
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server	12, 15 64-bit architecture only
Raspbian Linux (on Raspberry Pi devices)	Debian versions: 8 (Jessie), 9 (Stretch), running on Raspberry Pi 3 10 (Buster), running on Raspberry Pi 3, 4
CentOS™	7.4 - 8 64-bit architecture only