Previous Minimum Configurations

This document is a companion piece to the Minimum Configuration document. It is a historical record of previous minimum configurations.

Configuration considerations fall within these categories:

Workstation configuration
Network interface
Operating System
Patches, settings and utility software

Workstation configuration

2003

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Processor: 200 Mhz processor
RAM: 128 MB memory
Hard drive: 1 GB hard drive

Network interface

Spring 2003

The University only allowed and supported Ethernet adapters from these manufacturers:

3Com
Apple
Intel
Xircom

This is also just prior to the adoption of the tiered-support model in August, 2003 and addition of wireless network support.

Operating System

Effective Date

Supported Operating Systems

August 1, 2004

Level 1 - Best effort
Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, Mac OS X 10.3

Level 2 - Limited support
Windows XP Home Edition (ResNet only), Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS 9.2

Level 3 - Unsupported
Windows 98, Windows ME, BSD, Linux, UNIX and anything not in Level 1, Level 2, or prohibited by Level 4

Level 4 - Not allowed
DOS, Windows 95 and older, Windows NT 4 and older, Mac OS 8.x and older, Mac OS X 10.0-10.1, any homegrown, beta or pre-release OS, any OS designed primarily to provide server services (ex. Windows 2000 Server, NetWare, Red Hat Advanced Server)

Effective Date	Supported Operating Systems
August 1, 2002	Level 1 - Best effort Windows 98, Windows 2000, Mac OS 9.1 or Mac OS 9.2 Level 2 - Limited support Windows ME, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition (ResNet only), Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS 8.6 Level 3 - Unsupported Windows NT 4 Level 4 - Not allowed All operating systems not in Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3

Patches, settings and utility software

All computers connected to the campus network must have some basic software and settings.

All vendor-supplied operating system and security patches must be applied. For example, use Windows Update for Windows or Software Update for Mac OS to check for updates.
Up-to-date anti-virus software and virus definitions must be installed if available.
Duplication of campus services (ex. DHCP, DNS, SMTP, etc.) is not allowed.
Operation of server services (ex. Telnet, FTP, Web, PTP) is prohibited.
All file sharing software must be disabled. For example, for Mac OS, turn off file sharing in the File Sharing control panel. For Windows remove the File and Printer sharing component from the Network control panel.
TCP/IP configuration must be retrieved using DHCP.
University-owned computers must also contain specific versions of network client software and Anti-Virus software.