Supported platforms, environments, and operating systems for Enterprise Security Manager

Technical Articles ID: KB82516
Last Modified: 7/16/2020

Environment

McAfee SIEM Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) 11.x.x, 10.x.x
McAfee SIEM Enterprise Event Receiver (Receiver) 11.x.x, 10.x.x

Summary

As new versions of Windows or Linux operating systems are released, the original product guides might not reflect the current Technical Support policy for those platforms. This article provides the latest information about the supported platforms and environments. It will be updated periodically to reflect the current state of support for the McAfee SIEM Enterprise Security Manager (ESM). Most of the following information is available in the ESM Product Installation Guides and README.TXT files. But, some of the information is available only in Product Management statements published in the Knowledge Base.

The McAfee SIEM is managed and maintained entirely through a web/Flash interface. The minimum requirements for a host connecting to the ESM are provided in the following tables.

Recent updates to this article

Date	Update
July 16, 2020	Added other browser and operating systems.
November 12, 2019	Added SIEM 11.3.x release information.
November 8, 2019	Renamed Amazon Web Services section to Cloud Services. Added Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Azure to the Cloud Services section. Updated Supported Operating Systems.
October 28, 2019	Merged Additional SIEM Components section into Virtual Machine Requirements section. Updated SIEM Components information.
June 25, 2019	Updated the Virtual Machine Requirements and Internet Browsers sections.

System Requirements

Hardware Component	Requirement
Processor (CPU)	P4-class Intel (not Celeron) or later (Mobile/Xeon/Core2/Core i3/5/7) AMD/AMD2 class or later (Turion64/Athlon64/Opteron64/A4/6/8)
Memory (RAM)	16 GB

Virtual Machine Requirements

NOTES:

The ESM VM uses many features that require CPU and RAM. If the ESXi environment shares the CPU and RAM requirements with other VMs, the performance of the ESM VM is impacted.
ESM 10.3 and later VMs can be created on the Azure, Hyper-V 2016 and later, and XEN 6.5 and later platforms.

Hardware Component	Requirement
Processor (CPU)	8 cores 64-bit, Dual Core2/Nehalem or later AMD Dual Athlon64/Dual Opteron64 or later
Memory (RAM)	16 GB or more (depending on model)
Disk space	500 GB or more (depending on model)
ESXi Server	5.0 or later
Thick / Thin provisioning	You must decide the hard disk requirements needed for your server. The minimum requirement is 500 GB unless the VM purchased has more. See the specifications for your VM product.

ESM, ELM, REC “All-In-One” / ETM-ELM	Provides SIEM, Log Management, and Network Analysis functions. Includes the Event Receiver. Provides compliant Log Management and collects data for correlation and analysis by the ESM.	ESM-ELM-ERC-VM: VMware ESX/ESXi Server 5.x+ 8 Processor Cores, 16 GB of Memory Recommended disk space: 500 GB¹
Enterprise Log Manager	The ELM provides Compliant Log Management functions.	ELM-VM: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ 8 Processor Cores, 8 GB of Memory Recommended VM Environment of 500 GB
		ELM-VM-4-CORE-ADDON: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ 4 extra Processor Cores (max 32 cores total), 16 GB of Memory per 4-core add-on Recommended disk space: 500 GB¹ + 240 GB SSD²
Enterprise Log Search	The ELS provides high-speed Elastic search functions.	ELS-VM: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ 8 Processor Cores, 8 GB of Memory Recommended VM Environment of 500 GB
		ELS-VM-4-CORE-ADDON: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ 4 extra Processor Cores (max 32 cores total), 16 GB of Memory per 4-core add-on Recommended disk space: 500 GB¹ + 240 GB SSD²
Event Receiver	The Receiver collects third-party logs, events, and flow data for correlation and analysis by the ESM.	ERC-VM: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ 8 Processor Cores, 8 GB of Memory Recommended disk space: 500 GB¹
		ERC-VM-4-CORE-ADDON: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ 4 additional Processor Cores (max 32 cores total), 16 GB of Memory per 4-core add-on Recommended disk space: 500 GB¹
Advanced Correlation Engine	Provides McAfee RSC and Enterprise correlation. Identifies and scores threat events in real time or historical mode, using both rule- and risk-based logic, for the ESM.	ACE-VM: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ 8 Processor Cores, 32 GB of Memory Recommended disk space: 500 GB¹ + 480 GB SSD²
		ACE-VM-4-CORE-ADDON: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ 4 extra Processor Cores (max 32 cores total), 16 GB of Memory per 4-core add-on Recommended disk space: 500 GB¹ + 480 GB SSD²
Application Data Monitor	The Application Data Monitor decodes an application session to Layer 7. This decoding provides analysis of everything from the protocols and session integrity to the contents of the application itself. (For example, the text of an email or its attachments.)	ADM-VM: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ 8 Processor Cores, 16 GB of Memory Recommended disk space: 500 GB¹
		ADM-VM-4-CORE-ADDON: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ 4 additional Processor Cores, 16 GB of Memory per 4-core add-on Recommended disk space: 500 GB¹ + 240 GB SSD²
Data Streaming Bus	Provides improved device interconnection and reliability.	DSB-VM: VMware ESX/ESXi Server v.5.x+ Azure/Hyper-V 2016 or later Citrix XEN 6.5+ 32 Processor Cores, 96 GB of Memory Recommended disk space: 6 TB

¹	Represents usable event and flow storage at 100 IOPS, after RAID configuration.
²	Minimum 50 K IOPS for SSD; a minimum of 100 IOPS additional storage is recommended

Supported Operating Systems

ESM supports the following Microsoft Windows operating systems:

Operating System	ESM 11.3	ESM 11.2	ESM 11.1	ESM 11.0	ESM 10.3	ESM 10.2
Windows Server 2019¹	No	No	No	No	No	No
Windows Server 2016	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2012	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2008	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows 10	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows 8.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows 8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows 7	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Vista	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows 2003 Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows XP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

¹ Currently not tested.

Microsoft ended extended support for Windows XP SP3 on April 8, 2014. For best results and optimal security, upgrade to a supported operating system. See KB78434 for details.

Microsoft ended extended support for Windows Server 2003 SP2 on July 14, 2015. As of the end of 2015, the only McAfee product supported with Windows Server 2003 SP2 is Application and Change Control. See KB81563 for details.

Internet Browsers

The following web browsers are supported with the ESM. Because some features of the web application use pop-up windows, Technical Support recommends that you allow pop-ups for the IP address or host name of the ESM.

Browser	Version Required
Mozilla Firefox	Version 42 or later
Google Chrome	Version 48 or later
Apple Safari	Version 5.1.7 or later
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Version 11 or later
Microsoft Edge Microsoft Edge based on Chromium	Not supported (Currently not tested)

Cloud Services

The McAfee SIEM products listed in this article support the following cloud services:

Amazon Web Services
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Microsoft Azure

This support enables a virtual deployment of the ESM to monitor and report on cloud servers and other types of security infrastructure supported in their respective cloud environments.

Additional Software Requirements

Software	Version Required
Flash Player	Version 11.2.x.x or later

Affected Products

Getting Started
SIEM Advanced Correlation Engine 11.3.x
SIEM Advanced Correlation Engine 11.2.x
SIEM Advanced Correlation Engine 11.1.x
SIEM Advanced Correlation Engine 11.0.x (EOL)
SIEM Advanced Correlation Engine 10.4.x
SIEM Advanced Correlation Engine 10.3.x (EOL)
SIEM Application Data Monitor 11.3.x
SIEM Application Data Monitor 11.2.x
SIEM Application Data Monitor 11.1.x
SIEM Application Data Monitor 11.0.x (EOL)
SIEM Application Data Monitor 10.4.x
SIEM Application Data Monitor 10.3.x (EOL)
SIEM Database Event Monitor 11.3.x
SIEM Database Event Monitor 11.2.x
SIEM Database Event Monitor 11.1.x
SIEM Database Event Monitor 11.0.x (EOL)
SIEM Database Event Monitor 10.4.x
SIEM Database Event Monitor 10.3.x (EOL)
SIEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS) 11.3.x
SIEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS) 11.2.x
SIEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS) 11.1.x
SIEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS) 11.0.x (EOL)
SIEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS) 10.4.x
SIEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS) 10.3.x (EOL)
SIEM Enterprise Log Manager 11.3.x
SIEM Enterprise Log Manager 11.2.x
SIEM Enterprise Log Manager 11.1.x
SIEM Enterprise Log Manager 11.0.x (EOL)
SIEM Enterprise Log Manager 10.4.x
SIEM Enterprise Log Manager 10.3.x (EOL)
SIEM Enterprise Security Manager 11.3.x
SIEM Enterprise Security Manager 11.2.x
SIEM Enterprise Security Manager 11.1.x
SIEM Enterprise Security Manager 11.0.x (EOL)
SIEM Enterprise Security Manager 10.4.x
SIEM Enterprise Security Manager 10.3.x (EOL)
SIEM Event Receiver 11.3.x
SIEM Event Receiver 11.2.x
SIEM Event Receiver 11.1.x
SIEM Event Receiver 11.0.x (EOL)
SIEM Event Receiver 10.4.x
SIEM Event Receiver 10.3.x (EOL)

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