Broker requirements

The computer on which you install the IBM® BigFix® Remote Control broker must have the minimum following items or specification:

1. At least a 1 GHz Intel® or AMD processor.
2. A minimum of 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
3. A minimum of 50 MB hard disk space.
4. Adequate space for storing session video recordings. Recordings are stored temporarily on the hard disk and their size can vary depending on the duration and screen activity of the session. On average a 5-minutes session, 8-bits mode, can use about 2 MB of space. In true color 24-bit mode, recordings can take more space.

Operating system support

The following operating systems are supported

• Windows™ Server 2003.
• Windows Server 2003 R2.
• Windows Server 2008.
• Windows Server 2008 R2.
• Windows Server 2012.
• Windows Server 2012 R2.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux™ 5.0.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0.
• SuSE Enterprise Linux Server 10.
• SuSE Enterprise Linux Server 11.
• CentOS 5.0.
• CentOS 6.0.

Supported Architectures

• Intel™ IA-32 (also known as x86, x86-32)
• Intel 64 or AMD64 (also known as x64, x86-64, EM64T)