FileConnect Enterprise v3 Host Requirements

📌 Supported versions: FCE 3.1 is the only version supported for new installations and installs directly onto your host (no virtual machine required). Existing FCE 3.0 (OVA) deployments remain supported and can be upgraded to 3.1; the 3.0 OVA will not be updated after the 3.1 release. See FileConnect Enterprise: Supported Versions.

FileConnect Enterprise v3.1 (FCE 3.1) installs directly onto a supported host operating system — no virtual machine or hypervisor is required. This document outlines the hardware, software, and network requirements necessary to successfully install and operate FCE 3.1

1. Hardware Hosting 

FCE 3.1 runs directly on the host operating system. The host must provide adequate resources for the FCE application, Diskover, and a single-node Elasticsearch instance (or connect to an external Elasticsearch cluster for scaled deployments).

Minimum Host Requirements

2. Supported Operating Systems (Host OS)

The following operating systems are supported for hosting the hypervisor and FCEv3 virtual machine.

CentOS

• Supported Versions: 9 and 10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

• Supported Versions: 9 and 10

• Must be a vendor-supported release of RHEL.

3.Host Resource Requirements

FCE 3.1 installs directly onto the host operating system — there is no guest virtual machine to size separately. Provision the host with at least the following, in addition to the resources needed by any other workloads it runs:

For larger or scaled deployments, an external 2–3 node Elasticsearch cluster is recommended — contact RecordPoint for the FCE Advanced Deployment guide.

4. Legacy FCE 3.0 (OVA)

4a.Hypervisor Requirements

The hypervisor is responsible for running the FCEv3 virtual machine on the host OS.

Supported Hypervisors

VMware

• Any VMware product capable of running x86-based virtual machines.

• Examples:

  • VMware Workstation Pro

  • VMware ESXi

  • VMware vSphere

• For installation and configuration details, refer to Broadcom’s official documentation: VMware by Broadcom – Cloud Computing for the Enterprise.

Oracle VirtualBox

• Fully supported for FCEv3.

• For installation and configuration details, see Oracle’s official documentation: VirtualBox Official Documentation.

   

4b.Virtual Machine (Guest) Specifications

The FileConnect Enterprise v3 virtual machine is built on CentOS Stream 9 (x86 architecture).

Minimum Configuration

Network Requirements

The FCE virtual machine must be connected to all file shares and volumes it is intended to manage.

Required Network Access

• The FCE virtual machine must have access to all relevant storage systems, file shares, and volumes.

Port Access

The following ports must be accessible for users and services outside of the VM:

Note: For more detailed network and security configuration, refer to Security Hardening FCEv3 | Network Requirements.

6. External Site Access

The FCE virtual machine requires external network access to several services for licensing, telemetry, and integration.

Required External Endpoints