Supported Platforms, Environments, and Operating Systems for Common Management Agent and McAfee Agent 5.x / 4.x
Technical Articles ID: KB51573
Last Modified: 2/24/2015
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Environment
McAfee Agent (MA) 5.x, 4.x
McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0 for McAfee Application and Change Control
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.x, 4.6
McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0 for McAfee Application and Change Control
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.x, 4.6
Summary
As Microsoft releases new operating systems or Service Packs, the original product guides might not reflect the current Intel Security 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 Knowledge Base.
NOTE: This information does not include detail related to future cloud environment releases.
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 Agent
MA = McAfee Agent
MA = McAfee Agent
| Version | CMA 3.6.0 | MA 4.0 | MA 4.5 | MA 4.6 | MA 4.8 | MA 5.0 |
| ePO 5.1.1 | Yes* | Yes** | Yes*** | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ePO 5.1 | Yes* | Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| ePO 5.0 | Yes* | Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| ePO 4.6 | Yes* | Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| ePO 4.5 | Yes* | Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
* CMA 3.6.0 for Application Control is the only supported CMA 3.6.0 version. Current MA Extension versions (up to MA 5.0) are supported with the use of prior client 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.
*** McAfee Agent 4.5 Patch 3 and earlier reached EOL on June 30, 2014.
For product lifecycle details, see the McAfee Product and Technology Support Lifecycle page at: http://www.mcafee.com/us/support/support-eol.aspx.
For EOL 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
For EOL 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 Life Period | The timeframe that runs from the day Intel Security announces product discontinuation until the last date that the product is formally supported by Intel Security. In general, after the EOL Period is announced, no enhancements are made. |
| End of Life Date | The last day that the product is supported according the terms of the Intel Security 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 or Update |
CMA 3.6.0
|
MA 4.0
|
MA 4.5 | MA 4.6 |
MA 4.8 |
MA 5.0 |
Comments |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 | 2 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version. |
|
Microsoft Windows 8
(Enterprise, Professional)
|
- | No | No |
No |
Yes† | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version. |
|
Windows Embedded 8
(Pro, Standard, Industry)
|
- |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version. |
| Windows Point of Service 1.1 | - |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes | |
|
Microsoft Windows 7 x32
(Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Enterprise, Professional, and Ultimate) |
1 |
No |
Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
Microsoft Windows 7 x64
(Home Basic, Home Premium, Enterprise, Professional, and Ultimate) |
1 |
No |
Yes* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Windows Embedded Standard 7 | 1 |
No |
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 Windows added support for this. |
| Windows Embedded POSReady 7 | 1 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
Microsoft Windows Vista x32
(Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate) |
2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Windows Vista x64 (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate) |
2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
3 |
Yes |
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 | Yes | MA 4.5 is supported with SP2 as a minimum. |
| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition |
3 |
Yes
|
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 | Yes | MA 4.5 is supported with SP2 as a minimum. |
| Microsoft Windows XP Embedded |
2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 Windows added support for XPE. Support is limited to physical disks and not thin client installations. |
| Windows Embedded Standard 2009 | - | No | No | Yes | 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 | 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 | 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 | Yes | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 |
3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional |
4 |
Yes |
Yes |
No | 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 | 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. |
† Support for Windows 8 is provided with MA 4.6 Patch 1 and later.
* Microsoft Windows 7 is supported with McAfee Agent 4.0 Patch 3 and later.
NOTE: Review the End of Life information for specific details regarding Windows 2000 support at http://www.mcafee.com/us/support/support-eol.aspx.
* Microsoft Windows 7 is supported with McAfee Agent 4.0 Patch 3 and later.
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 |
MA
5.0
|
Comments |
|
Apple Macintosh OS version 10.4 (Tiger)
|
- |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.5 (Leopard) |
- |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) | - |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.7 (Lion) | - |
No |
No |
No |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.8 (Mountain Lion) | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 2 Mac added support. |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.9 (Mavericks) | - | No | No | No | No | Yes*** | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version. |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.9.5 (Mavericks) | - | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
MA 5.0.1 will add support in Q1 2015.
MA 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version. |
| Apple Macintosh OS version 10.10 (Yosemite) | - | No | No | No | No |
Yes
|
No |
MA 5.0.1 will add support in Q1 2015.
MA 4.8 Patch 2 HF972377 or MA 4.8 Patch 3 is required to support 10.10. |
| AIX 5.3 TL 6 or later and 6.1 (64 Bit only) | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No† | Power 5, 6, 7 |
| AIX 7.1 (64 Bit only) | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No† | MA 4.6 Patch 2 AIX added support on Power PC 5, 6, and 7. |
| Cent OS 4.0-4.9 | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | MA 4.5 Patch 1 Linux added support. |
| Cent OS 5.0-5.9, 6.0, 6.2 | - | No | No | Yes* | Yes** | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 1 Linux added support. |
| Cent OS 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 | - | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes | Yes | |
| Cent OS 7.0 (64-bit) | - | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 2 Linux added support. |
| Debian 5.0.3, 6.0.1 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) | - | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes | Yes | |
| Debian 7.01 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) | - | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Fedora 10.x | - | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Fedora 11.x, 12.x | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | MA 4.5 Patch 1 Linux added support. |
| Fedora 13.x | - | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | MA 4.6 Patch 1 Linux added support. |
| Fedora 14.x, 15.x, 16.x | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | MA 4.6 Patch 1 Linux added support. |
| HP-UX 11i v1 (build 11.11) | - | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No† | PA-RISC |
| HP-UX 11i v2 (build 11.23) | - | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No† | PA-RISC |
| HP-UX 11i v2 (build 11.23) Itanium | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No† | MA 4.5 Patch 2 HPUX added support for 11.23 Itanium. |
| HP-UX 11.31 | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No† | MA 4.5 Patch 2 HPUX added support for 11.31. |
| HP-UX 11.31 Itanium | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No† | MA 4.5 Patch 2 HPUX added support for 11.31 Itanium. |
| OpenSUSE 10.2, 10.3 | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | MA 4.5 Patch 2 added support. |
| OpenSUSE 11.0 - 11.3 | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 2 added support. |
| OpenSUSE 12.1 | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 1 added support. |
| OpenSUSE 13.1 | - | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 2 added support. |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 | 8 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 3 Linux added support. |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 | 6 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 Patch 3 Linux added support. MA 4.8 Patch 2 Linux added 6.6 support. |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit) | - | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 2 Linux added support. |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 |
9 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 |
8 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | 5 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit) | - | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 2 Linux added support. |
| Scientific Linux 5.7, 6.3 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) | - | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 3 added support. |
| Solaris 8 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | No | No | No | Sparc |
| Solaris 9 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No† | Sparc |
| Solaris 9 x86 (Intel x86) | - | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | MA 4.5 for Solaris x86 added support for use with Solidcore. See KB72068 for release details. |
| Solaris 10 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel) |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No† | Sparc |
| Solaris 10 x86 (Intel x86 or AMD 64-bit) | - | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | MA 4.5 for Solaris x86 added support for use with Solidcore. See KB72068 for release details. |
| Solaris 11 (64-bit kernel) | - | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes | No† | Sparc |
| SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 9 | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 to SP4, 11 to SP3 |
- |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Version 10 with SP4 supported with MA 4.6 (and later). |
| SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11 | - | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (64-bit) | - | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 2 Linux added support. |
| SuSE Novell Open Enterprise Server (Linux) 10 |
4 |
- |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Version 10 with SP4 supported with MA 4.6 (and later). |
| SuSE Novell Open Enterprise Server (Linux) 11 | 3 | No | No | Yes | 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 | No | No | MA 4.5 Patch 1 Linux added support. |
| Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 | - | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | MA 4.5 Patch 3 added support. |
| Ubuntu 11.04 | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Ubuntu 11.10 | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 1 added support. |
| Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 2 added support. |
| Ubuntu 13.04, 13.10 | - | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.6 Patch 3 added support |
| Ubuntu 14.04 (32-bit or 64-bit) | - | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 2 added support. |
† Support for the selected platforms will be added with a MA 5.0.x release in 2015. The release and target dates are not yet available.
* 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 and later 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 use MA 4.8 Patch 1 or later before upgrading to the new operating system version.
* 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 and later 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 use MA 4.8 Patch 1 or later before upgrading to 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 |
MA
5.0
|
Comments |
| Windows 2012 Server R2 Update 1 | U2 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 2 is the minimum supported version. |
| Windows 2012 Server R2 | U2 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version. |
| Windows 2012 Server | U2 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes† | Yes | Yes | |
| Windows 2012 R2 Storage Server Essentials | - |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes | Yes | MA 4.8 Patch 1 is the minimum supported version. |
| Windows Small Business Server 2011 | - |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes | |
| Windows 2008 Server R2 (Standard, Enterprise, DataCenter, Web, and Core) |
1 |
No
|
Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
Windows 2008 Server
(Standard, Enterprise, DataCenter, Web, and Core) |
2
|
Yes*
|
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 | Yes | |
|
Windows 2008 and 2008 R2 Storage Server
|
1 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes | |
|
Windows 2003 Storage Server
|
2***
|
Yes
|
-
|
- | - | - | - | |
|
Windows 2003 Server
(Standard, Enterprise, and Web) |
2***
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
Windows Server 2003 64-bit
(Standard, Enterprise, and Web) |
2***
|
Yes
|
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 | Yes | |
|
Windows 2003 Server R2 x64
(Standard, Enterprise, and Web) |
2***
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MA 4.5 is supported with SP2 as a minimum. |
| Windows 2003 Small Business Server |
2***
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Windows 2003 Small Business Server R2 |
2***
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
|
Windows 2000 Server
|
4
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No | 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 | No | |
|
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
|
4
|
-
|
Yes
|
No | No | No | No | |
|
Windows NT Server 4.0
|
6a
|
Yes
|
No
|
No | No | No | No | |
|
Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
|
6a
|
Yes
|
No
|
No | No | No | No | |
|
Windows NT Terminal Server Edition
|
6a
|
Yes
|
No
|
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.
*** Windows 2003 SP2 is the minimum supported version.
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
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 |
MA
5.0
|
Comments |
| Citrix XenDesktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Citrix XenServer | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
ESX
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
VMware Workstation
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| VMware Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| VMware Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
|
Windows 2008 Server Hyper-V
|
Yes | 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
| Product Version | Article |
| McAfee Agent 5.0 | KB82105 |
| McAfee Agent 4.8 | KB77534 |
| McAfee Agent 4.6 | KB72221 |
| McAfee Agent 4.5 | KB68472 |
McAfee product software, upgrades, maintenance releases, and documentation are available from the Product 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 Product Downloads site, as well as alternate locations for some products.
NOTE: You will need a valid Grant Number for access. KB56057 provides additional information about the Product Downloads site, as well as alternate locations for some products.
Affected Products
ePolicy Orchestrator 5.1
ePolicy Orchestrator 5.0 (EOL)
ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6.x
Getting Started
McAfee Agent 5.0
McAfee Agent 4.8
McAfee Agent 4.6
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