1.1 System Requirements

Refer to the sections in this chapter to learn about full disk encryption requirements for managed devices and pre-boot authentication.

1.1.1 Managed Device Requirements

The Managed Device Requirements in ZENworks 2017 System Requirements, provides a list of software and hardware requirements that must be met to install the ZENworks Agent on a device. Devices that you want to use for ZENworks Full Disk Encryption must meet those requirements. Exceptions to those requirements are provided in the following list:

Item	Requirements
Operating System	ZENworks Full Disk Encryption is not supported on all operating systems listed in Managed Device Requirements in the ZENworks 2017 System Requirements reference. The supported operating systems for ZENworks Full Disk Encryption are: Windows 7 (x86 and x86_64) SP1 — Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions only Windows 8 (x86 and x86_64) — Professional and Enterprise editions only Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update (x86 and x86_64) — Professional and Enterprise editions only Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro Windows 10 (x86 and x86_64) — Professional, Education, Enterprise, and Enterprise LTSB editions
Virtual Environments	ZENworks Full Disk Encryption is not supported in virtual environments. This includes both virtual machines and machines accessed via thin-clients. When installing the ZENworks Agent to a virtual environment machine, do not enable Full Disk Encryption.
Firmware
Disk Encryption	Software encryption on standard, solid state, and self-encrypted drives is supported. Encryption is not supported on devices with more than one of these types of hard drives on the same device.
Windows Secure Boot	Secure Boot is not supported for Full Disk Encryption and must be disabled prior to the installation of the Full Disk Encryption Agent.

1.1.2 Pre-Boot Authentication Requirements

ZENworks Pre-Boot Authentication (PBA) requires the following:

Item	Requirements
Drivers	We strongly recommend that you use the Microsoft IDE/SATA drivers. Other drivers can cause issues such as CD and DVD drives disappearing.
Smart Cards	ZENworks PBA supports smart card authentication. For a list of supported smart card solutions, see Section A.0, Supported Smart Card Terminals and Tokens.
Single Sign-On	ZENworks PBA supports single sign-on with Windows via both the Windows Client and the Novell Client. When using the Novell Client, the following requirements apply: Novell Client 2 SP3 IR5 or later is required on Windows 7/8/10. When using user ID/password authentication with the Novell Client and DLU, the user needs to log in to the Novell Client once before single sign-on will work. During single sign-on, the ZENworks PBA passes the user ID and password to the Novell Client. However, the client requires other details (tree, server, context, and so forth) that are available only if the user has populated the details during a previous log in. When using smart card authentication with the Novell Client, NESCM (Novell Enhanced Smart Card Method), and DLU, the user needs to be the last user to have logged in to the Novell Client. During single sign-on, the ZENworks PBA passes the pin to the Novell Client. However, the client requires other details (tree, server, context, and so forth) that are available only if the user was the last smart card user to log in to the client. Smart card authentication with the Novell Client, NESCM, and Disconnected Workstation Only mode is not supported.