Sophos Control Center version 4.0.1 release notes

About Sophos Control Center

Sophos Control Center (SCC) is the management tool for our range of Small Business Suites. It can be used to configure, monitor, manage, and report on Sophos small business endpoint products running on Windows and Mac OS X computers. For more information about Sophos Control Center, see Sophos Control Center Help.

For information on installing Sophos Control Center for the first time, see the Sophos Control Center quick startup guide.

For information on upgrading, see the Sophos Control Center upgrade guide.

The guides are available from the Sophos website (http://www.sophos.com/support/docs/Endpoint_Security_Control-all.html).

New in this version


  • Includes updated Sophos Update Manager.
  • Fix for the following problem: (DEF49552) Installation fails on Windows 2008 Datacenter SP2.
  • Fix for the following problem: (DEF50620) Installation fails on Vista Ultimate.
  • Fix for the following problem: (DEF51028) SCC installation fails on a backup domain controller.

Known problems


  • Computer names must use the standard ASCII 7 format to be valid in Sophos Control Center. Computers with names containing accented or non-Roman characters are not recognized.

System requirements

Supported operating systems

Supported operating systems are listed on the system requirements page of the Sophos website (http://www.sophos.com/products/all-sysreqs.html).

Hardware requirements


  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Pentium or equivalent.
  • Memory: 512MB.
  • Disk space: 1.5 GB for installation without SQL Server 2005 Express; 1.8 GB for complete installation with SQL Server 2005 Express.

    In addition to this, you will need around 200 MB - 350 MB per endpoint product you are downloading from Sophos.

Minimum database size

The computer where you place the database (which may be the same computer as the computer where Control Center is installed or a different one) needs a minimum of 1 GB disk space for data.

Maximum database size


  • If you use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, the maximum size that a database can reach is 4 GB.
  • If you use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or later, there is no limit apart from that set by the administrator.
  • If you use MSDE, the maximum size that a database can reach is 2 GB.

Software requirements


To enable Control Center to communicate with managed workstations, open ports 8192 and 8194 on the computer where the Control Center management server is installed.

To enable Control Center to download security software from Sophos, open port 80 on the computer where it is installed.

Technical Support

For technical support, visit http://www.sophos.com/support.

If you contact technical support, provide as much information as possible, including the following:


  • Sophos software version number(s)
  • Operating system(s) and patch level(s)
  • The exact text of any error messages

Copyright

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