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KACE® Systems Management Appliance: Technical Specifications for Virtual Appliances

KACE® Systems Management Appliance: Technical Specifications for Virtual Appliances

This document lists the technical specifications of the virtual KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) and Asset Management Appliance (AMA).

For additional KACE SMA product documentation, go to https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-management-appliance/technical-documents.

Topics:

Host system requirements

Host system requirements

Virtual KACE SMA and AMA software can be installed on host systems that meet the following requirements.

Table 1. Host system requirements

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

 

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

 

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™ 7.0 or later

Open Virtualization Format (OVF) 1.0

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

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

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 7

Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate

Windows Server 2022

Standard, Datacenter

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®

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

Raspbian Pi 4 hardware supported with Debian 10 (Buster)

11

Raspbian Pi 4 hardware supported with Debian 11 (Bullseye)

CentOS™

7.4 - 8

64-bit architecture only

 

NOTE:  

Operating system requirements for Agentless management

Operating system requirements for Agentless management

Agentless management enables you to inventory devices without using the KACE SMA Agent. Agentless management can be enabled for devices that have the following operating systems:

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