Software Requirements

This section lists the software needed to install and run the ArcSight Platform.

For operating systems and SmartConnectors, the Certified label indicates our preferred platform; MicroFocus has performed extensive testing and has confidence that it will run without issues. The Supported label indicates an acceptable platform; MicroFocus has tested the software and has confidence that it will run without issues.

Operating Systems

Your environment must have at least a minimal installation of the specified operating system.

Category

Requirement
ArcSight Database

A FIPS-compliant version of the operating systems:

Certified - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (x86, x64)

Supported - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (x86, x64)

 
Containerized Products

Certified

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (x86, x64)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (x86, x64)
  • CentOS 7.9 (x86, x64)

Supported

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 (x86, x64)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 (x86, x64)
  • CentOS 7.8 (x86, x64)

 
ESM Server

Certified

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (x86, x64)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (x86, x64)
  • CentOS 7.9 (x86, x64)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 3

Supported - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (x86, x64)

 
ESM Console

Certified

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (x86, x64)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (x86, x64)
  • CentOS 7.9 (x86, x64)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 Service Pack 3

  • macOS Big Sur

  • Windows Server 2019

  • Windows 10 Enterprise (including patches)

Supported - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (x86, x64)

 
Active-Passive High Availability (APHA)

Certified

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (x86, x64)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (x86, x64)
  • CentOS 7.9 (x86, x64)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 3

Supported - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (x86, x64)

 
Connectors

Certified

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (x86, x64)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 (x86, x64)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (x86, x64)
  • CentOS 7.9 (x86, x64)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 4

  • Windows Server 2022

Supported

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (x86, x64)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 5

  • Windows Server 2019

 
ArcMC (non-containerized)

Certified

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 (x86, x64)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (x86, x64)
  • CentOS 7.9 (x86, x64)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 3

Supported - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (x86, x64)

 

 

Software Components

Category

Requirement

File systems

One of the following:

  • EXT4 (recommended)
  • EXT3
  • Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
  • XFS

Data Collection

Certified - SmartConnector 8.4

Supported - SmartConnector 8.2 or later

Browser
  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
  • Mozilla Firefox

Browsers should not use a proxy to accessthe OPTIC Management Toolkit (OMT) applications in the containerized ArcSight Platform because this might result in inaccessible web pages.