Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Chapter 2
System Requirements
18 Sniffer Portable Professional
Table 2-1 lists the system requirements to install and run the Sniffer
Portable Professional application.
Table 2-1. Sniffer Portable Professional System Requirements
Item Requirement
Operating
System
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition with SP2 or higher
NOTE: Wireless is not supported on Windows XP 64-bit.
• Windows Server 2003
NOTE: Wireless is not supported on Windows Server 2003 64-bit.
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Windows Server 2008
NOTE: The Wireless LAN Service must be installed to use wireless NICs on
Windows 2008 machines – by default it is not. You can add this service using
the Features > Add Features option in Administrative Tools > Server
Manager.
• Virtualized environments configured to emulate these operating systems.
Tested with VMware workstation 6.x and Microsoft Virtual-PC 2007.
NOTE: Virtualized environments are only supported for Ethernet adapters.
Wireless adapters are not supported in virtualized environments.
CPU Intel or AMD processor running at 1.6 GHz or higher.
• Dual or more core running at 1.0 GHz or higher
NOTE: Sniffer Portable Professional is supported on multi-processor, multi-core,
and hyperthreaded platforms.
RAM 512 MB of RAM or higher.
Storage 200 MB or more of free hard drive space (all supported operating systems)
CD-ROM Drive
Monitor VGA color monitor with 1024x768 resolution (with 256 color support or updated
VGA driver)