System Requirements - Windows

Hardware

  • CPU:

    • Intel Pentium G5400 dual core, Celeron J3160 quad core, i3/i5/i7 dual core, Xeon quad core or above (Westmere and later micro architectures)

    • AMD Ryzen and EPYC quad core or above;

  • RAM: 4GB RAM (minimum)

  • Networking: 1Gigibit network card (minimum)

 Operating System

  • Windows® Server 2016/2019, 32-bit or 64-bit

  • Windows 10/11, 32-bit or 64-bit

  • Windows releases are supported per the Microsoft support schedule.  Windows Server OS is preferred for 24/7 if Windows is a requirement.  However, Zixi recommends Linux for workflows requiring high availability. Windows desktop OS, if used, should be configured to disable auto updates and prefer background service priority.

Network Management

  • Broadcaster GUI: TCP 4444

  • SSH Remote Tunnel: If enabled, the device reaches out on port 22 to the remote access server.

Network Streaming

Unsupported Features in Windows OS

  • WebRTC preview, WebRTC input

  • ARM/AWS Graviton Processor Support

  • AgentZ Telemetry and Statistics Collection for ZEN Master

  • Trace Route network path analysis