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Managed Risk appliance requirements

The requirements you must meet include the following:

  • Platform version
  • Minimum system requirements
  • CPU requirements
  • Port and domain exclusions

Platform version

VMware ESXi requirements

If you use VMware ESXi, the requirements are as follows:

  • VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 or later
  • VM hardware version 11 or higher

We don't support VMware Cloud deployments.

We support VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) Modes if you meet the CPU requirements. See CPU requirements.

To check your version of VMware ESXi, see these articles:

Microsoft Hyper-V requirements

If you use Microsoft Hyper-V, the requirements are as follows:

  • Hyper-V version 6.0.6001.18016 (Windows Server 2016) or later

We don't support Processor Compatibility Mode.

To check your version of Microsoft Hyper-V, see Identifying your Hyper-V Version.

Minimum system requirements

On VMware, our OVA image is pre-configured to meet the minimum requirements.

The requirements are as follows:

  • 4 CPUs
  • 16GB RAM
  • 160GB storage

CPU requirements

The system running the VM must use one of the CPU microarchitectures shown below.

Intel CPUs

Name Generation Codename Date
Skylake 6 Skylake Q3 2015
Skylake 7 Kaby Lake Q3 2016
Skylake 8 Coffee Lake Q3 2017
Skylake 9 Coffee Lake Refresh Q4 2018
Skylake 9 Cascade Lake Q2 2019
Skylake 10 Comet Lake Q3 2019
Palm Cove 10 Cannon Lake Q2 2018
Sunny Cove 10 Ice Lake Q3 2019
Cypress Cove 11 Rocket Lake Q1 2021
Golden Cove 12 Alder Lake Q4 2021
Raptor Cove 13 Raptor Lake Q4 2022

To help you identify CPUs, Intel's CPU naming conventions are shown below.

Intel CPU naming.

VMware EVC mode

If your appliance is on a VMware ESXi host running in an Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) cluster, you must make sure you've selected:

  • Skylake generation or later CPU
  • VMware hardware version 11 or later

AMD CPUs

Name Generation Codename Date
Zen 1 Naples Q2 2017
Zen 1 Great Horned Owl Q1 2018
Zen 2 2 Rome Q3 2019
Zen 3 3 Milan Q2 2021
Zen 4 4 Genoa Q4 2022

To help you identify CPUs, AMD's CPU naming conventions are shown below.

Intel CPU naming.

Port and Domain exclusions

If you have Sophos Firewall, the required ports and domains are allowed by default.

Make sure the ports and domains at the link below are allowed on your firewall. This lets the Sophos virtual appliance boot and download updates.

Port and domain exclusions