Equitrac Requirements

This section describes minimum requirements for Equitrac components. Specific requirements depend on the operating system, expected production volume, and other applications in the environment. All servers are 64-bit unless otherwise stated.

Core Accounting Server (CAS)

Component Requirements
Operating system - Server
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
  • SharePoint Server 2010, 2013 and 2016
  • RightFax Server 9.4 and higher
Operating system - Database
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and 2012 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and 2014 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and 2016 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and 2017 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and 2019 Express
  • Oracle® 11g R2, 12c
    Support for Oracle will be removed in the next ControlSuite release and will not be supported for future upgrades. Existing Oracle databases can be upgraded for ControlSuite 1.2 through a backdoor, but it is not supported for new installations. Kofax recommends switching to Microsoft SQL Server.
Operating system - Cluster server
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019 Hyper-V cluster
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 2.2 GB or greater (SQL Server 2012 or higher)
  • 1 GB or greater (Oracle)
  • 1 GB or greater (Cluster)
Software
  • Visual C++ Redist 2015 or later
CAS cannot be installed on the same cluster node with DCE.

Document Routing Engine (DRE) - Print Server

Component Requirements
Operating system - with Rules and Routing or Secure Document Release
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
  • SUSE Linux SLES 11 SP3 for Novell OES 2015
  • SUSE Linux SLES 11 SP4 for Novell OES 2015 SP1
  • Red Hat Enterprise 7.0 and 7.2
    Support for Linux operating systems will be removed in the next ControlSuite release and will not be supported for future upgrades. Support for existing setups can be enabled through a backdoor for ControlSuite 1.2, but it is not supported for new installations.
Operating system - Cluster server
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019 Hyper-V cluster
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater + allocation for print jobs

Software
  • Visual C++ Redist 2015 or later

Device Control Engine (DCE)

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
  • SharePoint Server 2010, 2013 and 2016
  • RightFax Server 9.4 and higher
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater

Software
  • Visual C++ Redist 2015 or later
  • .NET Framework 4.6.1

Device Control Engine (DCE) in High Availability Setup

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019 Hyper-V cluster
Processor
  • 4 CPU x 2 GHz or greater (distributed database on DCE node)
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater (distributed database on separate node)
Memory
  • 6 GB of RAM (distributed database on DCE node)
  • 2 GB of RAM (distributed database on separate node)
Disk space
  • 2 GB or greater (distributed database on DCE node)

  • 1 GB or greater (distributed database on separate node)

Software
  • Visual C++ Redist 2015 or later
  • .NET Framework 4.6.1
DCE cannot be installed on the same cluster node with CAS. Requires Print Job Management (PJM).

Scan Processing Engine (SPE)

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
  • SharePoint Server 2007 SP3 (or higher), 2010 and 2013
  • RightFax Server 9.4 and higher
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater

Software
  • Visual C++ Redist 2015 or later

Device Monitoring Engine (DME)

Component Requirements
Operating system - Server
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
Operating system - Cluster server
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019 Hyper-V cluster
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater

Software
  • Visual C++ Redist 2015 or later

Device Control Server (DCS)

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater

Software
  • Visual C++ Redist 2015 or later
  • Net Framework 4.5

Print Job Management

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater

Software
  • .NET Framework 4.6.1
  • IIS 8.0
  • ASP .NET 4.5
  • .NET Core Runtime 1.1.6+
  • .NET Core Hosting 1.1.6+
PJM requires communication with an SSDS.

Device Manager

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater

Software
  • .NET Framework 4.6.1
  • IIS 8.0
  • ASP .NET 4.5
  • .NET Core Runtime 1.1.6+
  • .NET Core Hosting 1.1.6+
Device Manager requires communication with an SSDS.

Transform and Document Service

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater

Software
  • .NET Framework 4.6.1
  • IIS 8.0
  • ASP .NET 4.5
  • .NET Core Runtime 1.1.6+
  • .NET Core Hosting 1.1.6+
Requires communication with an SSDS.

Web Client

Component Requirements
Operating system - Server
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit with IIS 8.0 and .NET 4.5)
  • Windows Server 2016 and 2019 (64-bit with IIS 10.0 and .NET 4.6)
  • Import an SSL certificate and use the HTTPS protocol
Operating system - Database
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and 2012 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014 and 2014 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and 2016 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and 2017 Express
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and 2019 Express
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater

Software
  • TLS 1.2
  • IIS: Common HTTPS Features
  • IIS: ISAPI Extensions, ISAPI Filters
  • IIS: .NET Extensibility 4.5
  • IIS: .NET Extensibility 4.6
  • .NET Framework 4.5
  • ASP .NET 4.5
Required Kofax Software
  • Equitrac External Data Connector license for each server offering Web Deposit services
Web Browsers
  • Latest version of Google Chrome
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge (for Windows 10)
  • Mac Safari
Supported browsers must have JavaScript and cookies enabled. In Internet Explorer, the Web Client root URL must be added to the Trusted Sites list.

Core Components - SSDS and AA

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater

Software
  • .NET Framework 4.6.1
  • IIS 8.0
  • ASP .NET 4.5
  • .NET Core Runtime 1.1.6+
  • .NET Core Hosting 1.1.6+
  • ASP.NET Core Module

Device Monitoring Engine (DME)

Core Components - Distributed Database (DDB)

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
Processor
  • 4 CPU x 2.5 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 100 GB or greater

Software
  • .NET Framework 4.6.1
  • IIS 8.0
  • ASP .NET 4.5
  • .NET Core Runtime 1.1.6+
  • .NET Core Hosting 1.1.6+
  • ASP.NET Core Module

Core Components - Licensing Service

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 1 GB or greater

Software
  • .NET Framework 4.6.1

Windows System Manager, Accounts Manager, Department Manager, Reports Manager, Device Monitoring Console

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019
  • Windows 7 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate (32/64-bit)
  • Windows 8.1 Professional/Enterprise (32/64-bit)
  • Windows 10 (32/64-bit)
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 50 MB or greater

Workstation Client and Print Assistant

Component Requirements
Operating system
  • Windows 8.1 Professional/Enterprise (32/64-bit)
  • Windows 10 (32/64-bit)
  • Citrix /Remote Desktop Services
  • Mac OS 10.12 to 10.15
Processor
  • 1 CPU x 2 GHz or greater
Memory
  • 2 GB of RAM or greater
Disk space
  • 50 MB or greater