| Active Response Version | General Availability (GA) | Release Notes | Versions |
| 2.4.4 | October 13, 2020 | Release Notes | Active Response 2.4.4 |
| 2.4.3 Hotfix 1 | May 7, 2020 | Release Notes | Active Response Client 2.4.3.359 |
| 2.4.3 | April 14, 2020 | Release Notes | Active Response Extension/Packages 2.4.3.357 Active Response Aggregator 2.4.3.357 Active Response Server 2.4.3.357 Active Response Client 2.4.3.357 Active Response Workspace 2.4.3.105 |
| 2.4.2 Hotfix 2 (RTS) | March 9, 2020 | Available from Technical Support | |
| 2.4.2 Hotfix 1 | February 6, 2020 (RTS) | Release Notes | Active Response Client 2.4.2.289 |
| 2.4.2 | January 14, 2020 | Release Notes | Active Response Extension/Packages 2.4.2.120 Active Response Workspace 2.4.2.108 Active Response Server 2.4.2.120 Active Response Aggregator 2.4.2.120 Active Response Client 2.4.2.120 Active Response Client content data package 2.4.2.12 |
| 2.4.1 Hotfix 1 (RTS) | November 15, 2019 | Available from Technical Support | |
| 2.4.1 | August 22, 2019 | Release Notes | McAfee Active Response Client 2.4.1.129 McAfee Active Response Extensions 2.4.1.129 McAfee Active Response Server 2.4.1.129 McAfee Active Response Aggregator 2.4.1.129 McAfee Active Response Workspace 2.4.1.106 |
| 2.4.0. Hotfix 5 | August 13, 2019 | Release Notes | McAfee Active Response Client 2.4.0.197 McAfee Active Response Extensions 2.4.0.197 McAfee Active Response Server 2.4.0.197 McAfee Active Response Workspace 2.4.0.143 |
| 2.4.0 Hotfix 1 | November 27, 2018 | Release Notes | McAfee Active Response Client 2.4.0.176 McAfee Active Response Workspace 2.4.0.140 |
| 2.4.0 | September 25, 2018 | Release Notes | McAfee® Active Response Aggregator 2.4.0.158 McAfee Active Response Server 2.4.0.158 McAfee Active Response — Extension/Packages 2.4.0.134 Single Appliance (Active Response + Threat Intelligence Exchange (TIE)) Server ISO TIE 2.3.0.328 and Active Response 2.4.0.158 Single Appliance (Active Response + TIE) Server OVA TIE 2.3.0.328 and Active Response 2.4.0.158 |
| 2.3.0 Hotfix 4 | November 13, 2018 | Release Notes | McAfee Active Response Client 2.3.0.264 McAfee Active Response Server 2.3.0.264 McAfee Active Response Server ISO 2.3.0.264 McAfee Active Response Workspace 2.3.0.169 McAfee Active Response Client extension 2.3.0.264 McAfee Active Response Server extension 2.3.0.264 McAfee Active Response License extension 2.3.0.264 McAfee Active Response UI extension 2.3.0.264 |
| 2.3.0 Hotfix 3 | September 4, 2018 | Release Notes | McAfee Active Response Bundle 2.3.0.171 McAfee Active Response Client 2.3.0.243 McAfee Active Response Server 2.3.0.243 McAfee Active Response Server ISO 2.3.0.243 McAfee Active Response Server Platform 2.3.0.243 McAfee Active Response Extensions 2.3.0.243 McAfee Active Response Workspace 2.3.0.165 McAfee |
| 2.3.0 Hotfix 2 | August 14, 2018 | Withdrawn | |
| 2.3.0 Hotfix 1 | July 10, 2018 | Release Notes | McAfee Active Response Client 2.3.0.233 McAfee Active Response Server 2.3.0.233 McAfee Active Response Server ISO 2.3.0.233 McAfee Active Response Content Package 2.3.0.233 McAfee Active Response Extensions 2.3.0.233 |
| 2.3.0 | June 12, 2018 | Release Notes | Not Available |
| 2.2.0 | November 11, 2017 | Release Notes | Not Available |
| 2.1.0.270 Hotfix 2 Bundle | October 18, 2017 | Release Notes | Not Available |
| 2.1.0 | August 28, 2017 | Release Notes | Not Available |
Supported platforms for McAfee Active Response
Technical Articles ID:
KB84473
Last Modified: 3/19/2021
Last Modified: 3/19/2021
Environment
McAfee Active Response (MAR) 2.x
Summary
As new operating systems or Service Packs are released, the original product guides might not reflect the current support policy for those platforms. Most of the following information is available in the product guide, but some is available only in the Knowledge Base.
Recent updates to this article
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RTS=Released to Support
The following table contains the workstation and server operating systems supported for MAR clients. Only the most current versions are included because most customers upgrade to the latest service packs shortly after they are released. The Trace module is available on Microsoft Windows and macOS (Beta release) systems only.
1 You must install the following Windows updates to support MAR 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4:
2 RTS is Released to Support.
3 MAR 2.4 supports all Windows 10 releases up to 1809. MAR 2.4.0 HF5 supports all Windows 10 releases up to 1903 (19H1). MAR 2.4.1 and 2.4.2 support up to 1909 (19H2).
MAR 2.4.3 supports up to 2004 (20H1). MAR 2.4.4 supports up to 20H2. McAfee is committed to delivering support within 60 days of Microsoft announcing their GA release.
NOTE: MAR 2.1 and earlier do not support environments where two or more ePO servers have bridged DXL hubs.
1 RTS is Release to Support.
2 See KB91003 - Incompatibility with McAfee Active Response 2.3 or 2.4 when installed on systems with McAfee Agent 5.6 and Data Exchange Layer 5.0.
1 RTS is Release to Support.
IMPORTANT: If you install MAR 2.2.0 or later in a multiple ePO server environment, you must upgrade all your DXL components to 4.0. If you are operating in a single-server environment, you only need to update the extensions to 4.0. The reason is because DXL 3.x.x clients are compatible with those versions of MAR, but only in a single ePO server environment.
In a single ePO server environment, you only need to upgrade the DXL extensions to DXL 4.0, while the DXL endpoint clients can remain on DXL 3.x. But, if you have multiple ePO servers deployed, MAR 2.2.0 and later requires that all DXL components are upgraded to DXL 4.0 version.
Use the following table to determine your minimum DXL components based on your ePO environment:
NOTE: If you stay on the 3.1.x broker, the Health Status page alerts you have an out-of-date broker. This alert can be disregarded.
MAR client:
MAR client supports any virtualization solution, assuming the following criteria are met:
1 ISO not supported. Requires that MAR server install is deployed using ePO as a product deployment task to CentOS VM hosted in Hyper-V.
1 From 10.7.5, ENSM is not compatible with MAR, due to MAR not being compatible with any product and version that supports Big Sur.
See KB90888 - macOS compatibility with McAfee Enterprise products for reference.
Recent updates to this article
| Date | Update |
| March 19, 2021 | Clarification on support for ePO 5.9.x and HF919400 not supported on MAR. |
| December 15, 2020 | Added General Availability (GA) Release statement. |
| December 7, 2020 | Minor formatting changes. |
| December 4, 2020 | Added note to Supported Endpoint Security (ENS) versions. |
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NOTE: Non-English operating system support was introduced in MAR version 1.1.0.
| Operating System | Version | MAR 2.2.x |
MAR 2.3.x |
MAR 2.4.0 |
MAR 2.4.1 |
MAR 2.4.2 |
MAR 2.4.3 |
MAR 2.4.4 |
| Windows Server 2019 | Base | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2016 (64-bit only) | Base | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2012 (64-bit only) | Base, R2, U1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (64-bit only) | SP1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (64-bit only) | SP1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 |
| Windows 10 Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) | Base3 | Yes | Yes | Yes3 | Yes3 | Yes3 | Yes3 | Yes3 |
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) | Base, U1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows 8.0 (32-bit and 64-bit) | Base | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows 7 Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit) | Up to SP1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 |
| Windows 7 Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) | Up to SP1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 |
| CentOS (64-bit) Red Hat (64-bit) NOTE: You must install the relevant 32-bit libraries. See: KB89991 |
6.6 to 7.5 (2.3.0 HF4, 2.4.0 HF1 [RTS] and later)2 7.6 to 7.7 (2.4.3 and later) 7.8 to 7.9 and 8.0 (2.4.4 and later) 6.5 is no longer supported |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SUSE | 11–12 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Catalina (10.15) | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mojave (10.14) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| High Sierra (10.13) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Sierra (10.12) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| El Capitan (10.11) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
- Windows 7 x86: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=35903
- Windows 7 x64: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35936
- Windows Server 2008 R2 x64: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=35857
MAR 2.4.3 supports up to 2004 (20H1). MAR 2.4.4 supports up to 20H2. McAfee is committed to delivering support within 60 days of Microsoft announcing their GA release.
| MAR 2.2.x | MAR 2.3.x | MAR 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 | MAR 2.4.4 | |
| ePO 5.10 Update 9 | No | No | No | Yes |
| ePO 5.10 to ePO 5.10 Update 8 |
No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ePO 5.9.x + HF919400 | No | No | No | No |
| ePO 5.9.x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ePO 5.3.x | Yes (ePO 5.3.1 and later) | Yes (ePO 5.3.1 and later) | Yes (ePO 5.3.1 and later) | Yes (ePO 5.3.1 and later) |
| MAR 2.2.x | MAR 2.3.x | MAR 2.4.x | |
| MA 5.6.x | No | MAR 2.3 HF4 (2.3.0.264)2 | MAR 2.4 HF1 and later (2.4.0.176)1, 2 |
| MA 5.0.x | Windows - 5.0.3 and later Linux – 5.0.5.658 and later macOS – 5.0.4 |
Windows - 5.0.3 and later Linux – 5.0.5.658 and later macOS – 5.0.5 and later |
Windows - 5.0.3 and later Linux – 5.0.5.658 and later macOS – 5.0.5 and later MLOS – 5.0.3 and later |
| MA 4.x | No | No | No |
2 See KB91003 - Incompatibility with McAfee Active Response 2.3 or 2.4 when installed on systems with McAfee Agent 5.6 and Data Exchange Layer 5.0.
| MAR 2.2.x (See important note below) | MAR 2.3.x | MAR 2.4.x | |
| DXL 6.x | No | No | Yes |
| DXL 5.x.x | No | Yes (HF4) | Yes (HF1 - RTS)1 |
| DXL 4.x.x |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DXL 3.x.x |
Yes | Yes DXL 3.0.x for Windows RS2 and earlier Yes DXL 3.1.0 for Windows RS2 and later |
Yes DXL 3.0.x for Windows RS2 and earlier Yes DXL 3.1.0 for Windows RS2 and later |
IMPORTANT: If you install MAR 2.2.0 or later in a multiple ePO server environment, you must upgrade all your DXL components to 4.0. If you are operating in a single-server environment, you only need to update the extensions to 4.0. The reason is because DXL 3.x.x clients are compatible with those versions of MAR, but only in a single ePO server environment.
In a single ePO server environment, you only need to upgrade the DXL extensions to DXL 4.0, while the DXL endpoint clients can remain on DXL 3.x. But, if you have multiple ePO servers deployed, MAR 2.2.0 and later requires that all DXL components are upgraded to DXL 4.0 version.
Use the following table to determine your minimum DXL components based on your ePO environment:
| Single McAfee ePO server Environment | Multi-EPO Server | ||||
| DXL ePO extensions | DXL Endpoint Client | DXL Broker | DXL ePO extensions | DXL Endpoint Client | DXL Broker |
| 4.0.x | 3.1.x | 3.1.x | 4.0.x | 4.0.x | 4.0.x |
| MAR 2.2.x | MAR 2.3.x | MAR 2.4.x | |
| Internet Explorer | 11 and later | 11 and later | 11 and later |
| Chrome | 53 and later | 53 and later | 53 and later |
| Firefox | 46 and later | 46 and later | 46 and later |
| Safari (macOS only) | 8.0 and later | 8.0 and later | 8.0 and later |
| Windows Edge | Yes (Windows 10 only) | Yes (Windows 10 only) | Yes (Windows 10 only) |
| MAR 2.2.x | MAR 2.3.x | MAR 2.4.x | |
| TIE 3.0.x | No | No | Yes |
| TIE 2.3.x | No | Yes | Yes |
| TIE 2.2.x | Yes | Yes | No |
MAR client supports any virtualization solution, assuming the following criteria are met:
- MAR client and required dependencies (DXL, MA, Endpoint Security) support the operating system being virtualized.
- The virtualization solution is a supported solution from the virtualization solution vendor. So, the solution is not End of Life, beta, or an otherwise unsupported virtualization solution.
- The virtualization solution supports the operating system being virtualized. To confirm operating system support, see the virtualization solution documentation.
- The virtualization solution runs under full virtualization or
paravirt mode, if supported.
| Virtual software | MAR 2.2.x |
MAR 2.3.x |
MAR 2.4.x |
| VMware ESX/ESXi 5.x and later | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VMware Workstation 5.0 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 with SP1 | No | No | No |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V | No | Yes1 | Yes |
| Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V | No | Yes1 | Yes |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V | No | Yes1 | No |
| Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V | No | Yes1 | No |
| Citrix XenServer 6.5.0 build 90233c | No | No | Yes |
| Citrix XenServer 5.5 | No | No | No |
| MAR 2.2.x | MAR 2.3.x | MAR 2.4.0 | MAR 2.4.1 | MAR 2.4.2 |
MAR 2.4.3 |
MAR 2.4.4 |
|
| ENS 10.7 | No | No | No | No | Yes. NOTE: See KB88196 for issues. |
Yes. NOTE: See KB88196 for issues. |
Yes. NOTE: See KB88196 for issues. |
| ENS 10.6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS 10.5.4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS 10.5.3 for RS3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS 10.5.2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS 10.5.1 | Yes | Yes for RS2 | Yes for RS2 | Yes for RS2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS 10.2.x | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ENS-TP for MAC 10.2.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| ENS-TP for MAC 10.5.0 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| ENS-TP for MAC 10.6.x | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-TP for MAC 10.7.x | No | No | No | No | Yes1 | Yes1 | Yes1 |
| ENS-Linux 10.2.2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.5.0 | No | Yes (HF4) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.3 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.4 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.5 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.6 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.7 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.8 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.9 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.10 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.11 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.6.12 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.7.0 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| ENS-Linux 10.7.1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
1 From 10.7.5, ENSM is not compatible with MAR, due to MAR not being compatible with any product and version that supports Big Sur.
See KB90888 - macOS compatibility with McAfee Enterprise products for reference.
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