SonicWALL CDP 6.0, Administrator'S Manual

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System and Network Requirements
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SonicWALL CDP 6.0 Administrator’s Guide
System and Network Requirements
This section provides deployment considerations for your agents (client or server) and network
requirements.
Table 1 lists the minimum system and network requirements.
Table 1 SonicWALL CDP Deployment Requirements
About the SonicWALL CDP Appliance
The SonicWALL CDP appliance is a dedicated disk backup appliance that collects data blocks
from agents for storage and, if configured, for secure transmission to the Offsite Service
storage location. The SonicWALL CDP series has several appliance models that range in
capacity, agent support, and additional features. For the SonicWALL CDP 6.0 release,
SonicWALL provides the following platforms differentiated by hard disk capacity and the
recommended amount of agents:
Generation 4 platforms:
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SonicWALL CDP 210*
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SonicWALL CDP 220
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SonicWALL CDP 5040B
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SonicWALL CDP 6080B
Generation 3 platforms:
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SonicWALL CDP 110
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SonicWALL CDP 210*
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SonicWALL CDP 5040
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SonicWALL CDP 6080
*The SonicWALL CDP 210 is both a Gen 3 and Gen 4 model. The Gen 4 platform has a larger
disk capacity.
Generation 2 platforms:
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SonicWALL CDP 1440i
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SonicWALL CDP 2440i
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SonicWALL CDP 3440i
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SonicWALL CDP 4440i
Minimum Client Requirements
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Pentium III Processor
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450 MHZ with at least 256 MB of RAM
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40 MB of free disk space
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Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista,
Windows XP
Minimum Server Requirements
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Intel Celeron 2.0GHZ Process
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256 MB DDR
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Microsoft 2008 Server, 2003 Server
Network Requirements
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High speed Internet connection (Serial,
DSL, Cable, T1)
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Router or hub with wired Ethernet port