Deployment Guide

Detailed Installation Guide
This Installation Guide is for less experienced users, to install and configure Security Management Server Virtual. As a general
rule, Dell recommends installing the Security Management Server Virtual first, followed by installation of clients.
For information on how to update an existing Security Management Server Virtual, see Update Security Management Server
Virtual.
About Security Management Server Virtual
The Management Console allows administrators to monitor the state of endpoints, policy enforcement, and protection across
the enterprise. Proxy mode provides a front-end DMZ mode option for use with Security Management Server Virtual.
Security Management Server Virtual has the following features:
● Centralized management of up to 3,500 devices
● Role-based security policy creation and management
● Administrator-assisted device recovery
● Separation of administrative duties
● Automatic distribution of security policies
● Trusted paths for communication between components
● Unique encryption key generation and automatic secure key escrow
● Centralized compliance auditing and reporting
● Auto-generation of self-signed certificates
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Requirements
Security Management Server Virtual
Hardware
The recommended disk space for Security Management Server Virtual is 80 GB.
Virtualized Environment
Security Management Server Virtual v10.2.11 has been validated with the following virtualized environments.
Dell currently supports hosting the Dell Security Management Server or Dell Security Management Server Virtual within a Cloud-
hosted Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment, such as Amazon Web Services, Azure, and several other vendors.
Support for these environments will only be limited to the functionality of the application server hosted within these Virtual
Machines, the administration and security of these Virtual Machines will be up to the administrator of the IaaS solution.
Additional infrastructure requirements (Active Directory, as well as SQL Server for the Dell Security Management Server) are
still required for proper functionality.
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