2.1 System Requirements

2.1.1 Hardware Requirements

For the Framework agent:

  • CPU - 2.5 GHz or equivalent

  • Memory - 1 GB additional memory

  • Hard Disk - 512 MB additional storage + additional storage for audit

For the Framework manager:

  • CPU - 2.5 GHz or equivalent

  • Memory - 4 GB

  • Hard Disk - 1 GB additional storage + additional storage for audit

NOTE:Approximate additional storage calculation for audit = (500 KB) X (number of Privileged Account Manager users) X (number of sessions per day (usually 8 sessions)).

For Audit storage, when video capture is enabled, refer the Performance and Sizing guidelines guide on the Privileged Account Manager Documentation page.

2.1.2 Software Requirements

Supported Platforms

IMPORTANT:Ensure that the operating system is running the vendor's latest maintenance patches.

NOTE:SLES Specific Framework Manager and Framework Agents rpms are not supported on SLES platforms. Linux rpms are supported on SLES platform.

Supported Platforms for Framework Manager

The Framework Manager software has been tested on the following platforms:

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit

  • Windows Server 2012 64-bit GUI version

    NOTE:Disable the Network Layer Authentication option. Go to System Properties and deselect the Allow connections only from computers running remote desktop with Network Layer Authentication option.

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit

  • Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 (64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)11 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Red Hat 7 (64-bit)

  • Red Hat 6 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • AIX 7.1 64-bit

  • AIX 6.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • HP-UX (Itanium) 11.31 64-bit

  • HP-UX (Itanium) 11.23 64-bit

  • HP-UX (PA-RISC) 11.23 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Sun Solaris (SPARC) (32-bit and 64-bit) on version 10

  • Sun Solaris (Intel) (32-bit and 64-bit) on version 10

  • VMWare ESX/ESXi

Supported Platforms for Framework Agent

The Framework Agent software has been tested on the following platforms:

For Desktop:

  • Windows 10

  • Windows 8.1

  • Windows 7

For Server:

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit

  • Windows Server 2012 64-bit GUI version

    NOTE:Disable the Network Layer Authentication option. Go to System Properties and deselect the Allow connections only from computers running remote desktop with Network Layer Authentication option.

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit

  • Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 (64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)11 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Red Hat 7 (64-bit)

  • Red Hat 6 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • AIX 7.1 64-bit

  • AIX 6.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • HP-UX (Itanium) 11.31 64-bit

  • HP-UX (Itanium) 11.23 64-bit

  • HP-UX (PA-RISC) 11.23 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Sun Solaris (SPARC) (32-bit and 64-bit) on version 10

  • Sun Solaris (Intel) (32-bit and 64-bit) on version 10

  • VMWare ESX/ESXi

Supported Applications

The Framework Manager software has been tested on the following applications. But you can customize the Privileged account Manager settings on any application that you require, such as Salesforce and so on.

  • System Applications Product (SAP)

  • VMware ESXi

  • Oracle Database versions 11.x and 12.x

  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

  • Microsoft SQL Server versions 2008 and 2012

  • OpenStack

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Supported Browsers

NetIQ Privileged Account Manager supports the following browsers:

  • Microsoft Edge

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 10 and 11

  • Mozilla Firefox

  • Google Chrome

NOTE:

  • Video playback is supported only in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

  • If you are using Internet Explorer, ensure that you select the default document mode (Page Default) from the F12 Developer Tools option.