• During the installation process, the MES Setup tool analyzes the software installed on the node and includes any software that is required but not currently installed with the MES components that are being installed. This analysis is based on the MES role -based installation groups or the custom list of components that are selected to be installed.
• The prerequisite software is listed below, based on the MES role -based installation groups.

2.    Database Server with MES role requires:

• • Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) Server
  • Safenet Sentinel License Driver version 7.6.8 or higher

3.    Operator Client role requires:

• • Microsoft MSMQ Server

4.    Web Portal role requires:

• • Microsoft MSMQ Server
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.5 or higher

5.    Report Server role requires:

• • Windows  Installer 4.5 (required by Intelligence Reports)
  • The version of the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 4 x64 Runtime Redistributable that is compatible with the Windows server software that running on the node

6.    MES Middleware/DB Maintenance Server role requires:

• • Microsoft MSMQ Server
  • Safenet Sentinel License Driver version 7.6.8 or higher

7.    Configuration Client role requires:

• • Microsoft MSMQ Server

8.    ArchestrA Development role requires:

• • Microsoft MSMQ Server
  • Application Server version compatible with the current version of MES

9.    .NET Development role requires:

• • Microsoft MSMQ Server

*Note: To install MES, you must have administrator privileges for the Windows operating system on the node on which the software is being installed.