Detailed system requirements

The tables in this section provide detailed information about the system requirements for BigFix 11.

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

System - Big Endian

 64-Exploit 11.0.0 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
AIX 7.3 POWER System - Big Endian 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes Yes Power Mode Power 9 / Power 10
Table 2. Linux - Summary
Operating system Hardware Bitness Product minimum

Supported?

 Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
Amazon Linux 2, Amazon Linux 2023 x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Amazon Linux 2, Amazon Linux 2023 ARM-Graviton 64-bit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
CentOS 7, 8 x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 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 11, 12 x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
OpenSUSE Leap 15.4, 15.5 x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
Oracle Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9 x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
Raspbian 10 (Buster), Raspbian 11 (Bullseye) ARM 32 11.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, 8, 9 x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 Yes No Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 7, 8

IBM z

Systems

 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 7, 8

IBM POWER

System - Little Endian		 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9

IBM POWER

System - Little Endian		 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Rocky Linux 8, 9 x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12, 15 x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12, 15

IBM z

Systems

 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12, 15

IBM POWER

System - Little Endian		 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 LTS x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Table 3. Mac OS – Summary
Operating system Hardware Bitness Product minimum

Supported?

 Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
macOS Big Sur 11 ARM/x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
macOS Monterey 12 ARM/x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
macOS Ventura 13 ARM/x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 No No Yes No
macOS Sonoma 14 ARM/x86-64 64-Exploit 11.0.0 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 11.0.0 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 11.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Table 5. Windows - Summary
Operating system Hardware Bitness Product minimum Supported? Notes
Server Console Agent Relay
Windows 11 Enterprise ARM 64-bit 11.0.1 No No Yes No
  • 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 11 Pro ARM 64-bit 11.0.1 No No Yes No
Windows 11 IoT Enterprise ARM 64-bit 11.0.1 No No Yes No
Windows 11 Enterprise x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows 11 Pro x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows 11 IoT Enterprise x86-64 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 No No Yes No
Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session x86-64 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 No No Yes No
Windows 11 Education x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows 10 Enterprise x86-32 32 11.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Windows 10 Enterprise x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows 10 Pro x86-32 32 11.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Windows 10 Pro x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise x86-32 32 11.0.0 No No Yes No
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise x86-64 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 No No Yes No
Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session x86-64 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 No No Yes No
Windows 10 Education x86-32 32 11.0.0 No No Yes Yes
Windows 10 Education x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 No Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition, Essentials Edition, Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Edition, Essentials Edition, Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Edition, Standard Edition x86-64 64-Exploit, 64-Tolerate 11.0.0 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 11.0.0 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 11.0.0 Yes No No No No
Microsoft SQL Server (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 and future fix packs) 11.0.0 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 11.0.0 Yes No No No No Applies to domain functional level.
Microsoft Active Directory 2012 and 2012 R2 11.0.0 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 supported version and future fix packs 11.0.0 No No Yes No No Supported via Management Extender to provide audit only patch information.
VMware ESX (7.x, 8.x), ESXi (7.x, 8.x) 7.x, 8.x, and future fix packs 11.0.0 No No Yes No No Supported via Management Extender and VMware plugin to provide audit only patch information.

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 11.0.0 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 11.0.0 Yes No No No No
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and future fix packs 11.0.0 Yes No No No No
Microsoft Edge 44 and future fix packs 11.0.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 66 and future versions, releases and fix packs 11.0.0 Yes No No No No
Opera 60 and future versions, releases and fix packs 11.0.0 Yes No No No No