Supported Platforms, Environments and Operating Systems for Common Management Agent and McAfee Agent 4.x
Technical Articles ID: KB51573
Last Modified: 02/03/2014
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Last Modified: 02/03/2014
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Environment
McAfee Agent (MA) 4.8, 4.6, 4.5, 4.0
McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0 for McAfee Application and Change Control
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.1, 5.0, 4.6, 4.5
McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0 for McAfee Application and Change Control
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.1, 5.0, 4.6, 4.5
Summary
As Microsoft releases new operating systems or Service Packs, the original McAfee product guides might not reflect the current McAfee support policy for those platforms.
Most of the following information is available in the product installation guides and Readme.txt files. However, some of the information is available only in Product Management Statements published in the McAfee KnowledgeBase.
Microsoft Windows supported operating systems
The following tables detail the McAfee products supported for use on Windows workstation and server operating systems. Only the most current versions are included because most customers upgrade to the latest Service Packs shortly after they are released.
Supported ePO versions
CMA = Common Management AgentMA = McAfee Agent
| Version | CMA 3.6.0 | MA 4.0 | MA 4.5 | MA 4.6 | MA 4.8 |
| ePO 5.1 | Yes* | Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ePO 5.0 | Yes* | Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ePO 4.6 | Yes* | Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ePO 4.5 | Yes* | Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes |
*CMA 3.6.0 for Application Control is the only supported CMA 3.6.0 version. Current MA Extension versions (up to MA 4.8), are supported with the use of prior versions, back to CMA 3.6.0 for Application and Change Control.
**McAfee Agent 4.0 Patch 3 and earlier reached EOL on December 31, 2011. MA 4.0 Patch 4 for Windows 2000 is the only supported MA 4.0 version, and supported for use only with Application Control. This is supported with ePO 4.5, 4.6, 5.0 and 5.1.
For EOL and EOS lifecycle details, see the McAfee Product and Technology Support Lifecycle page at: http://www.mcafee.com/us/support/support-eol.aspx.
For EOL and EOS policy details, see the Enterprise Products End of Life Policy at: http://www.mcafee.com/common/media/mcafeeb2b/support/terms/Support_Policy-Product_Support_EOL.pdf.
Definitions
| End of Support (EOS) Notification |
|
| End of Life (EOL) Period | The EOL Period refers to the timeframe beginning with the day that McAfee notifies its intentions to discontinue a product until the last date that the product is formally supported. In general, after the EOL Period is announced, product enhancements are not made. |
| End of Support | The last day that the product is supported according the terms of McAfee’s standard support offering. |
Workstation Windows operating systems
IMPORTANT: For timeline information on supporting new Service Packs and general policies, see KB50473.
IMPORTANT: For timeline information on supporting new Service Packs and general policies, see KB50473.
| Microsoft client operating systems |
Latest
supported SP |
CMA 3.6.0
|
MA 4.0
|
MA 4.5 | MA 4.6 |
MA 4.8 |
Comments |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 | - | No | No | No | No | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version. |
| Microsoft Windows 8 | - | No | No |
No |
Yes† | Yes | |
|
Microsoft Windows 7 x32
(Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Enterprise, Professional, and Ultimate) |
1 |
No |
Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | ePO 4.x is required. KB66706 - McAfee Agent 4.x support for Microsoft Windows 7 |
|
Microsoft Windows 7 x64
(Home Basic, Home Premium, Enterprise, Professional, and Ultimate) |
1 |
No |
Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | ePO 4.x is required. KB66706 - McAfee Agent 4.x support for Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Windows Embedded Standard 7 | 1 |
No |
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 Windows added support for this. |
| Windows Embedded POSReady 7 | 1 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
|
Microsoft Windows Vista x32
(Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate) |
2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Windows Vista x64 (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate) |
2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 is supported with SP2 as a minimum. |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 is supported with SP2 as a minimum. |
| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition |
3 |
Yes
|
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 is supported with SP2 as a minimum. |
| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition x64 Edition | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 is supported with SP2 as a minimum. |
| Microsoft Windows XP Embedded |
2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 Windows adds support for XPE. Support is limited to physical disks and not thin client installations. |
| Windows Embedded Standard 2009 | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 Windows added support for this. Support is limited to physical disks and not thin client installations. |
| Windows Embedded POS Ready 2009 | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 Windows added support for this. Support is limited to physical disks and not thin client installations. |
| Windows Embedded POS (WEPOS) | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 Windows added support for this. Support is limited to physical disks and not thin client installations. |
| Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition |
3 |
Yes |
- |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional |
4 |
Yes |
Yes |
No | No | No | MA 4.0 Patch 4 is the last agent version to support Windows 2000. |
| Microsoft Windows NT WorkStation 4.0 |
4 |
Yes |
No |
No | No | No | CMA 3.6 for Application Control is the only supported version for NT. Access to the download is available to customers through their Application Control grant number. |
*Microsoft Windows 7 is supported with McAfee Agent 4.0 Patch 3 and later.
** McAfee Agent 4.8 Patch 1 and later will support Windows 8.1 at the time of the OS release.
NOTE: Review the End of Life information for specific details regarding Windows 2000 support at http://www.mcafee.com/us/support/support-eol.aspx.
Non-Windows Operating Systems
| Non-Windows operating systems |
Latest
supported
SP |
CMA
3.7 |
MA
4.0
|
MA 4.5 |
MA 4.6 |
MA 4.8 |
Comments |
|
Apple Macintosh OS version 10.4 (Tiger)
|
- |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | No | |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.5 (Leopard) |
- |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) | - |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.7 (Lion) | - |
No |
No |
No |
Yes | Yes | |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.8 (Mountain Lion) | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 2 Mac added support. |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.9 (Mavericks) | - | No | No | No | No | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version. |
| AIX 5.3 TL 6 or later and 6.1 (64 Bit only) | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Power 5, 6, 7 |
| AIX 7.1 (64 Bit only) | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 2 AIX added support on Power PC 5, 6, and 7. |
| Cent OS 4.0-4.8, 5.0-5.6, 5.7, 6.0, 6.2 | - | No | No | Yes* | Yes** | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 1 Linux added support. |
| Cent OS 6.3, 6.4 | - | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes | |
| Debian 5.0.3, 6.0.1 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) | - | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes | |
| Fedora 10.X, 11.X, 12.X | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 1 Linux added support. |
| HP-UX 11i v1 (build 11.11) | - | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PA-RISC |
| HP-UX 11i v2 (build 11.23) | - | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PA-RISC |
| HP-UX 11i v2 (build 11.23) Itanium | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 HPUX adds support for 11.23 Itanium. |
| HP-UX 11.31 | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 HPUX adds support for 11.31. |
| HP-UX 11.31 Itanium | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 HPUX adds support for 11.31 Itanium. |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 | 8 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 3 Linux adds support. |
| Oracle Linux 6 | 3 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 3 Linux adds support. |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Scientific Linux 5.7, 6.3 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) | - | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes | |
| Solaris 8 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | No | No | Sparc |
| Solaris 9 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Sparc |
| Solaris 9 x86 (Intel x86) | - | No | No | Yes | No | No | MA 4.5 for Solaris x86 adds support for use with Solidcore. See KB72068 for release details. |
| Solaris 10 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Sparc |
| Solaris 10 x86 (Intel x86 or AMD 64-bit) | - | No | No | Yes | No | No | MA 4.5 for Solaris x86 adds support for use with Solidcore. See KB72068 for release details. |
| Solaris 11 (64-bit kernel) | - | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes | Sparc |
| SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 9, 10 with SP3, 11 |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Version 10 with SP4 supported with MA 4.6 (and later). |
| SuSE Novell Open Enterprise Server (Linux) 10 with SP3 |
- |
- |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Version 10 with SP4 supported with MA 4.6 (and later). |
| SuSE Novell Open Enterprise Server (Linux) 11 | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 is minimum supported version for SP1. |
| Ubuntu 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10 | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 1 Linux added support. |
| Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Ubuntu 11.10 | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 1 added support. |
| Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 2 added support. |
* Support is provided with MA 4.6 Patch 3 and later. MA 4.5.x is not supported on Cent OS 6.2.
** Cent OS 5.7 is supported on Non Windows McAfee Agent 4.6 Patch 1.
*** McAfee Agent 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version for Mac OS X 10.9. Client systems will need to using MA 4.8 Patch 1 or later before upgrading the new operating system version..
** Cent OS 5.7 is supported on Non Windows McAfee Agent 4.6 Patch 1.
*** McAfee Agent 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version for Mac OS X 10.9. Client systems will need to using MA 4.8 Patch 1 or later before upgrading the new operating system version..
Server operating systems
IMPORTANT: For timeline information on supporting new Service Packs and general policies, see KB50473.
|
Microsoft server operating systems
|
Latest
supported
SP |
CMA
3.6.0
|
MA
4.0
|
MA 4.5 |
MA 4.6 |
MA 4.8 |
Comments |
| Windows 2012 Server R2 | - |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version. |
| Windows 2012 Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes† | Yes | ||
| Windows 2008 Server R2 (Standard, Enterprise, DataCenter, Web, and Core) |
1 |
No
|
Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
Windows 2008 Server
(Standard, Enterprise, DataCenter, Web, and Core) |
2
|
Yes*
|
Yes
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | The original released version of Windows Server 2008 was Windows Server 2008, build 6001: Service Pack 1. This is the base version and includes Service Pack 1. Both Service Packs 1 and 2 are supported. |
|
Windows 2008 Server 64-bit
(Standard, Enterprise, DataCenter, Web, and Core) |
2
|
Yes*
|
Yes
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
Windows 2003 Storage Server
|
2
|
Yes
|
-
|
- | - | - | |
|
Windows 2003 Server
(Standard, Enterprise, and Web) |
2
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
Windows Server 2003 64-bit
(Standard, Enterprise, and Web) |
2
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 is supported with SP2 as a minimum. |
|
Windows 2003 Server R2
(Standard, Enterprise, and Web) |
2
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
Windows 2003 Server R2 x64
(Standard, Enterprise, and Web) |
2
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 is supported with SP2 as a minimum. |
|
Windows 2000 Server
|
4
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No | No | No | MA 4.0 Patch 4 is the last agent version to support Windows 2000. |
|
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
|
4
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No | No | No | |
|
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
|
4
|
-
|
Yes
|
No | No | No | |
|
Windows NT Server 4.0
|
6a
|
Yes
|
No
|
No | No | No | |
|
Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
|
6a
|
Yes
|
No
|
No | No | No | |
|
Windows NT Terminal Server Edition
|
6a
|
Yes
|
No
|
No | No | No |
† Support for Windows 2012 Server is provided with MA 4.6 Patch 1 and later.
* Supported only with Common Management Agent 3.6.0 Patch 4 and later.
** Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2 is supported with McAfee Agent 4.0 Patch 3 and later.
NOTE: Please review the End of Life information for specific details regarding Windows 2000 support: http://www.mcafee.com/us/support/support-eol.aspx.
Additional supported platforms
| Virtual Platforms |
MA
4.6
|
MA 4.8 |
Comments |
| Citrix XenDesktop | Yes | Yes | |
| Citrix XenServer | Yes | Yes | |
|
ESX
|
Yes | Yes | |
|
Vmware Workstation
|
Yes | Yes | |
| VmWare Player | Yes | Yes | |
| VmWare Server | Yes | Yes | |
|
Windows 2008 Server Hyper-V
|
Yes | Yes |
Support for 64-bit processors (Hardware)
|
64-bit processors
|
CMA
3.6.0
|
MA
4.0
|
MA 4.5 |
Comments |
|
ItaniumV1
|
No
|
No
|
No | |
|
ItaniumV2
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes | |
|
Other 64-bit processors running in 32-bit emulation
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes |
Latest McAfee Agent and Common Management Agent Patches and build numbers
McAfee product software, upgrades, maintenance releases, and documentation are available from the McAfee Downloads site at: http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/downloads.aspx.
NOTE: You will need a valid Grant Number for access. KB56057 provides additional information about the McAfee Downloads site, as well as alternate locations for some products.
Related Information
Affected Products
ePolicy Orchestrator 5.1
ePolicy Orchestrator 5.0
ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6.x
ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 (EOL)
Getting Started
McAfee Agent 4.8
McAfee Agent 4.6
McAfee Agent 4.5
