Requirements

On-premises Email Security is supported on the following platforms.
  • Forcepoint V Series appliance: V20000 G1, V10000 G4 (R1 and R2), V5000 G4 (R1 and R2), V5000 G5, V10000 G5, or V20000 G5
  • Forcepoint X Series modular chassis security blade: X10G G2 (R1 and R2)
  • Virtual appliance

Download the appropriate image file from the Forcepoint Customer Hub downloads menu. See the Forcepoint Appliances Getting Started Guide for system requirements and deployment information.

Version 8.5.5 Email Virtual Appliances are certified and supported for VMware ESXi 7 / 6.7 / 6.5 / 6.0. A stable release of ESXi is recommended to avoid unexpected issues.
Note: For ESXi 7 and 6.7, users must use the v8.5.4 OVA file to create a new VM. Versions 8.5.3 and earlier will not deploy and are not supported on ESXi 7 or 6.7.

The Forcepoint Security Manager and Email Log Server are hosted on a separate Windows Server machine. This server must be running an English language instance of Windows Server.

Microsoft SQL Server is used for the Email Log Database. See System requirements for this version for detailed information about supported applications and versions.
Important:

Although a version 8.0 and later Security Manager can allow an earlier version appliance (e.g., version 7.8.4) to be added on the Email Appliances page, the management settings for that appliance are read-only and cannot be modified.

For optimal system efficiency and performance, we strongly recommend that manager console and appliance versions match.

If your Microsoft SQL Server installation uses a named instance, port 1433 is opened on the firewall even if you specify a different port during Email Security installation. You must manually change this port setting after installation is complete.

See Installing Forcepoint Email Security for installation procedures.