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System requirements for Forefront TMG
Published: November 15, 2009
Updated: February 1, 2011
Applies To: Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG)
This topic describes the minimum hardware and software requirements for running the following Forefront TMG deployments:
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Forefront TMG—For unified perimeter security with integrated firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, malware inspection and URL filtering.
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Enterprise Management Server—For central management of Forefront TMG arrays. Use EMS to create and update enterprise policies, and to create policy rules to assign to the arrays in the enterprise.
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Forefront TMG Management—For remote management of Forefront TMG servers installed on other computers.
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| The following table shows the minimum hardware required to install the Forefront TMG software. To correctly provision Forefront TMG for the number of users, wide area network bandwidth, and features and protections enabled, see Forefront TMG 2010 hardware recommendations. |
Forefront TMG
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CPU |
64-bit, 1.86 GHz, 2 core (1 CPU x dual core) processor. |
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Memory |
2 GB, 1 GHz RAM. |
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Hard Disk |
2.5 GB available space. This is exclusive of the hard disk space required for caching or for temporarily storing files during malware inspection. One local hard disk partition that is formatted with the NTFS file system. |
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Network adapters |
One network adapter that is compatible with the computer's operating system, for communication with the Internal network.
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| Software | Minimum Requirements | ||
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Operating system |
Windows Server 2008
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Windows Roles and Features |
These Roles and Features are installed by the Forefront TMG Preparation Tool:
You can run the Preparation Tool from the Forefront TMG autorun page.
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Other software |
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Important: |
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| Installing Forefront TMG on a domain controller is not supported. |
Enterprise Management Server
| Hardware | Minimum Requirements |
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CPU |
64-bit, 1.86 GHz, dual-core processor. |
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Memory |
1 GB RAM. |
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Hard Disk |
2.5 GB available space. One local hard disk partition that is formatted with the NTFS file system. |
| Software | Minimum Requirements |
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Operating system |
Windows Server 2008
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Windows Roles and Features |
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Tools. |
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Other Software |
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Important: |
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| Installing EMS on a domain controller or on a Forefront TMG computer is not supported. |
Forefront TMG Management
| Hardware | Minimum Requirements |
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CPU |
1 GHz processor. |
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Memory |
1 GB RAM. |
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Hard Disk |
2 GB available space. One local hard disk partition that is formatted with the NTFS file system. |
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Operating system |
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows 7 or Windows Vista SP1. |
