Detailed system requirements

The tables in this section provide detailed information about the system requirements for BigFix 10.

Table 1. AIX – Summary
Operating system Hardware Bitness Product minimum Supported? Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
AIX 6.1, 7.1, 7.2 POWER

System - Big Endian

 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes

BigFix supports the following Power processors:

AIX Version Power Edition Power Mode AIX 6.1 TL7 Power 7 Power 6 / Power 6+ Power 8 Power 6 / Power 6+ AIX 7.1 Power 7 Power 6 / Power 6+ AIX 7.1 Tl3 Power 7 Power 6 / Power 6+ Power 8 Power 6 / Power 6+ AIX 7.2 Power 7 Power 7 Power 8 Power 8 Power 9 Power 9
Table 2. Linux - Summary
Operating system Hardware Bitness Product minimum

Supported?

 Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
CentOS 6.0, 7 x86-32, x86-64 32, 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
  • Includes support for RedHat and Unbreakable Kernel.
  • BigFix supports the following Power processors: OS Version Power Version Power Mode Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Little Endian Power 8 Power 8.
  • Certification testing has been completed on : 1. Kernel version: Kernel version 4.142. H/W: Raspberry Pi 3, or later.
  • BigFix supports the following Power processors: OS Version Power Version Power Mode Product Minimum SUSE 10 - Big Endian Power 6 Power 6 9.5.0 SUSE 11 - Big Endian Power 7 Power 7 9.5.0 Power 8 Power 8 9.5.0 Power 9 Power 8 9.5.11 SUSE 12 - Little Endian Power 8 Power 8 9.5.3 Power 9 Power 9 9.5.11
  • kernel-2.6.32-516.el6 is the minimum prerequisite level.
  • BigFix supports the following Power processors: OS Version Power Version Power Mode RHEL Server 6

    - Big Endian Power 7 Power 6/Power 6+ Power 8 Power 8 RHEL Server 7 - Big Endian Power 7 Power 7

    Power 8 Power 8 RHEL Server 7.1- Little Endian Power 8 Power 8 RHEL Server 7.2 - Little Endian Power 8

    Power 8 RHEL Server 7.5 Power 9 Power 9.
  • As of Platform 9.5.7, support is included for deploying BigFix Agent / Relay with SELinux enabled on CentOS and RedHat versions 6 and 7.
  • This operating system is no longer in service. Please refer to IBM's policy on unsupported operating systems: https://www.ibm.com/support/customercare/sas/f/handbook/policies.html#unsupported.
Debian 8.0, 9.0 x86-64 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Oracle/ Enterprise Linux 6, 7 x86-64, x86-32 64-Exploit, 32 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Raspbian 9 (Stretch) ARM 32 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6, 7

IBM z

Systems

 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 7

POWER

System - Little Endian		 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 Server, Server 6, 7, 8 x86-32, x86-64 32, 64-exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Raspbian 9 (Stretch) ARM 32 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server Base 6, 7

IBM z

Systems and POWER System - Big Endian

 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 7 POWER System - Little Endian 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6 Base x86-32 32 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6 x86-64 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, 12

IBM z

Systems

 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, 12, 15

POWER

System - Big Endian

 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, 10 (x86-64) x86-32 32

10.0.0

 No No Yes No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, 12, 15 x86-64 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS (64-Exploit) , 14.04 and 16.04 LTS (x86-64 64-Exploit), 18.04 LTS (x86-64 64-Exploit) x86-32, x86-64 32 10.0.0

No

No Yes No
TinyCore 8.2 x86-64 64-Exploit 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Table 3. Mac OS – Summary
Operating system Hardware Bitness Product minimum

Supported?

 Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
macOS High Sierra 10.13, Mojave 10.14, Catalina 10.15 x86-64 64-Exploit 10.0.0

No

No Yes No
Table 4. Solaris – Summary
Operating system Hardware Bitness Product minimum

Supported?

 Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
Solaris 11 - Base SPARC 32 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes This operating system is no longer in service. Please refer to IBM's policy on unsupported operating systems: IBM Support Guide
Solaris 11- Base x86-64 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Table 5. Windows - Summary
Operating system Hardware Bitness Product minimum Supported? Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
Windows 10 Education x86-32 32 10.0.0 No No Yes yes
  • Server Core installation option is supported.
  • This operating system is no longer in service. Please refer to IBM's policy on unsupported operating systems: IBM Support Guide
Windows 10 Education x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows 8.1 Enterprise x86-32 32 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Windows 10 Enterprise x86-32 32 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Windows 8.1 Enterprise x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows 10 Enterprise x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows 10 Pro x86-32 32 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Windows 10 Pro x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows 8.1 Professional x86-32 32 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Windows 8.1 Professional x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Windows 8.1 Standard x86-32 32 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Windows 8.1 Standard x86-64 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise x86-32 32 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise x86-64 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 No No Yes No
Windows Server 2019 x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition, Essentials Edition, Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition, Essentials Edition, Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 YEs Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition, Essentials Edition, Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition, Essentials Edition, Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 10.0.0 YEs Yes Yes Yes

Table 6. Prerequisites | Databases – Summary
Prerequisite Product minimum Supported? Operating system restrictions? Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
DB2 Standard Edition 11.5, 2014, 2016, 2017 and future fix packs 10.0.0 Yes No No No Yes

  • Ships with MS-SQL Server 2016 SP1 Evaluation for trial purposes. For Windows environments, Customer

    will provide full version of MS-SQL Server 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016 or 2017. For Linux environments, DB2

    Workgroup Server Edition 10.5 is provided. Note: Ensure that the SQL collation of the database is not case

    sensitive.

  • For BigFix server running on Linux, DB2 Standard Edition 11.5 is supported.

    For details, see BigFix Server - Support for DB2 11.5

Table 7. Supported software | Databases – Summary
Supported software Product minimum Supported? Operating system restrictions? Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 10.5 and 10.0.0 Yes No No No No
Microsoft SQL Server (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 and future fix packs) 10.0.0 Yes No No No Yes

Table 8. Supported software | LDAP servers – Summary
Supported software Product minimum Supported? Operating system restrictions? Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
All LDAP Servers that support the LDAP V3 Specification 10.0.0 Yes No No No No Applies to domain functional level.
Microsoft Active Directory 2012 and 2012 R2 10.0.0 Yes No No No No

Table 9. Supported software | Virtual management – Summary
Supported software Version Product minimum Supported ? Operating system restrictions? Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
IBM PowerVM Hypervisor (LPAR, DPAR, Micro-Partition) Any supporte version and future fix packs 10.0.0 No No Yes No No Supported via Management Extender to provide audit only patch information.
VMware ESX (4.0, 4.1), ESXi (4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0) 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0 and future fix packs 10.0.0 No No Yes No No

Table 10. Supported software | Web browsers – Summary
Supported software Version Product minimum Supported? Operating system restrictions? Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
Apple Safari on iOS 12.1 and future fix packs 10.0.0 Yes No No No No
  • Browser support applies to the WebReports capability of the product. Console and Client UI are not accessed via user browser.
Google Chrome 73 and future versions, releases and fix packs 10.0.0 Yes No No No No
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and future fix packs 10.0.0 Yes No No No No
Microsoft Edge 44 and future fix packs 10.0.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 66 and future versions, releases and fix packs 10.0.0 Yes No No No No
Opera 60 and future versions, releases and fix packs 10.0.0 Yes No No No No