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Operating system requirements for ACS V4.0 are:
Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server with the following conditions:
– Service Pack 4 installed
– Without any feature specific to Windows 2000 Advanced Server enabled
or without Microsoft clustering service enabled
Windows Server® 2003, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition with Service Pack 1
These requirements are from Supported and Interoperable Devices and
Software Tables for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows 4.0, which is found at
(requires CCO login):
Per the Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server Version 4.0,
the Access Control Server must comply to these minimum hardware
specifications:
Pentium IV CPU at 1.8 Ghz or faster
1 GB of system memory
1GB of virtual memory
At least 1GB of free disk space
Minimum supported graphics resolution of 256 colors at 800x600 resolution
100BaseT or faster network connection
This installation guide is found at (requires CCO login):
ABBC used the following system for the Cisco Secure ACS:
Windows 2000 Server with SP4 installed
Pentium IV @ 3.0Ghz CPU
512 MB of system memory
3 GB of free disk space
Note: The specifications listed here are the official Cisco minimum
requirements. However, for obvious reasons we would not recommend using
such an underpowered system in a production environment.