Windows System Requirements for the Network License Manager

NoteThe Network License Manager supports Ethernet network configurations only.

Hardware and software requirements for the network license server
Hardware/Software	Requirement
Operating System	Windows^® 7^® 32-bit Windows 7 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Enterprise
	Windows Vista ^® 32-bit SP2 or later Windows Vista 64-bit SP2 or later Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Ultimate Windows Vista Home Premium and Basic (32-bit) Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit)
	Windows XP 32-bit SP2 or later Windows XP 64-bit SP2 or later Windows XP Home Windows XP Professional
	Windows Server 32-bit SP1 or later Windows Server 64-bit SP1 or later Windows 2008 Server R2 Windows 2008 Server Windows 2003 Server R2 Windows 2003 Server
Computer/processor	Intel^® Pentium^® III or higher 450 MHz (minimum)
Network interface card	Compatible with existing Ethernet network infrastructure NoteThe Network License Manager supports multiple network interface cards, but at least one must be an Ethernet card.
Communication protocol	TCP/IP NoteThe Network License Manager uses TCP packet types.
Browsers	Internet Explorer^® 6.1 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 9
FLEXnet	11.9.0.0

Virtual Machine Support
Hardware	Virtualizer	Virtual OS
Intel PC 64	Windows 2008 or Windows 2003 R2 servers running on VMware^® ESX3.5 Update 3 (License Manager Only)	Vista 64-bit or 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit (Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise), Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Server 64-bit or 32-bit.