Systems Management Server Requirements

The following lists the basic requirements for using Microsoft Systems Management Server:

Windows NT Server version 3.5 or later
Microsoft SQL Server version 4.21 or later
A 486/66 or better processor
32 MB of memory (recommended)
A hard disk with at least 100 MB available
A network-accessible CD-ROM drive
A network adapter
A Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device (a mouse is recommended but optional)

Microsoft Systems Management Server supports the following connection protocols, networking options, and clients.

Connection protocols	Networks	Clients
Asynchronous IPX/SPX Remote Access Service (RAS) ISDN NetBEUI SNA TCP/IP X.25	Windows NT Server LAN Manager 2.1 or later Novell® NetWare® 3.x or 4.x (in 3.x compatibility mode) IBM® LAN Server 3.x DEC™ PATHWORKS™	MS-DOS 5.0 or later Windows 3.1 or later Windows NT 3.1 or later Windows for Workgroups 3.11 or later Windows 95 Apple® Macintosh® System 7™ DEC Ultrix™ DEC VMS™ HP-UX® IBM AIX® IBM OS/2® version 1.x or 2.x Sun® Solaris

The following table lists the typical requirements for sites in a Systems Management Server hierarchy, based on an installation of up to 1000 computers. These requirements are grouped according to how each server is used. Notice that all of the servers must be running Windows NT Server. Systems Management Server requires a Windows NT file system (NTFS) partition.

Systems Management Server Servers

Server Role	Processor	RAM	Storage	Recommendations
Central Site	Intel® 486/66 Intel Pentium DEC Alpha MIPS® R4000™	64 MB	1 GB	A high-performance computer is recommended due to the heavy load placed on the central-site computer by Microsoft Systems Management Server and SQL Server.
Primary or secondary site	Intel 486/66 Intel Pentium DEC Alpha MIPS R4000	20 MB	100 MB 40 MB	28 MB of RAM is required if SQL Server is on the same computer as the primary-site server.
SQL Server	Intel 486/66 Intel Pentium DEC Alpha MIPS R4000	20 MB		28 MB of RAM is required if SQL Server is on the same computer as the primary-site server. Storage requirements depend on the size of the installation.

Systems Management Server Clients

Operating Systems	Processor	RAM	Storage	Recommendations
Windows 3.x Windows for Workgroups MS-DOS 5.x or greater	Intel x86	4 MB	100 MB	Client components require 4.5 MB of storage and 5 KB of conventional memory.
Macintosh System 7.x	68040 PowerPC™	16 MB	80 MB	Client components require 3 MB of storage.