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XG Home Minimum Requirement Error

rowdy v

Hello Everyone,

I'm trying to install the latest Sophos XG on my own hardware and I'm running into a minimum requirement error.

The error is similar in nature to the one described here:

https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/f/initial-setup/73813/xg-home-install-error-4

But instead of 1GB, it's now 4GB.

My system meets both RAM and disk requirements. Except I have two disks:

  1. sata0: 2GB (pre installed, may be removable)
  2. sata1: 16GB (self install)

I'm assuming the pre installation script is checking for the first available disk instead of all installed disks.

Q. Is there any way around this, except to go and remove sata0?

Thanks everyone.

 

Edit: On closer inspection it seems sata0 is in fact PATA. It's a 2GB IDE flash drive.

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System

  • OS: XG Firewall v18 MR-1-Build396
  • Hardware: HP T610 Plus
  • CPU: AMD Dual-Core T56N
  • RAM: 4GB
  • SATA0: 2GB (pre-instaled)
  • SATA1: 16GB (self-install)
  • Installation Media: USB


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  • +1

    Hi,

    neither disk is large enough. XG will not see the second disk. As a home user you should be aiming at, at least 60gb.

    How many and what are the NIC types?

    Your CPU is for a home user the very minimum and your GUI updates will be extremely slow. When configured it should work well on say 100/40 link but not much more.

    Ian

     

    Edit - corrected spellchecker error.

  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Hi Ian,

    Thanks for your reply.

    > As a home user you should be aiming at, at least 60gb.

    I can easily throw in a disk bigger than 60GB on sata1. But it looks like sata0 is not easily removable/replaceable.

    > How many wand what are the NIC types?

    Not understanding you properly here but I've got a quad port gigabit PCIe adapter installed: Dell 0K828C Intel PRO/1000

    > When configured it should work well on say 100/40 link but not much more.

    I'm only on a 50/20 link atm so this isn't an obstacle for me right now.

     

    Rowdy V

  • 0 in reply to rowdy v

    I managed to remove the IDE flash drive but still same error.

    I will install a larger drive to see if it makes a difference. Will update on how I go.

  • 0 in reply to rowdy v

    Minimum hard drive size required is 60GB for software installs.

    But in all honestly it doesn't feel worth it running the XG on such old hardware, you'll be able to do basic packet routing and stateful firewall but the SSL inspection will kill the processor as it does not have the AES-NI ruleset nor and it's a dual core at 1.65GHz. A lot of the applications running on the XG prefer frequency over cores.

    If you're just installing for a muck around then that's fair but I would pursue something more like a Dell Precision T1700 with an e3-1225v3 which (short of memory) will be edging near an XG430 appliance on CPU specification.

    Emile

  • 0 in reply to Emile Belcourt

    Hi emilebelcourt

    the current home version doesn't use AES.

    Ian

  • 0 in reply to rfcat_vk

    Hi Ian,

    I'm gobsmacked, it's not just the home version of which it's all software installations then!

    Not entirely sure why this didn't come up on my radar sooner.

    I will definitely be checking in with the appropriate people on this because that means Software users are paying through the nose for a dramatic decrease in potential performance.

    Emile

    Edit: update that it is planned for MR3 of v18: https://community.sophos.com/products/xg-firewall/f/hardware/119782/hardware-acceleration-aes-ni-isn-t-being-used-on-the-software-version-of-xg-v18

  • 0 in reply to Emile Belcourt

    > Minimum hard drive size required is 60GB for software installs

    I found that even with a 160GB disk, the 4GB RAM was still not enough to pass the pre-install check.
    I had to throw in another 4GB stick, giving a total of 8GB before the pre-install check passed.

    Error text needs to be updated :( "60GB disk and 8GB RAM"

    After installation, I had a new error. I think I will post a new question.

    > If you're just installing for a muck around then that's fair but I would pursue something more like a Dell Precision T1700

    Yes, at the moment I'm just mucking around. I'm evaluating the Sophos UTM and now the XG.
    I have found the Sophos UTM installation less fussy, but the GUI too confusing.
    I have the impression the XG's interface is a leap above the UTM. But the installation process has been a bit of a pain.
    I do have an Intel I5 SFF that I could deploy but I would rather a more low power unit (if possible) such as the T610.

    Would going with the Sophos UTM be better than the XG on the T610? Or would there be no discernible difference?

     

    Rowdy V

  • 0 in reply to rowdy v

    Hello Rowdy,

    I have many firewalls with just 4GB, that seems unusual and 4GB is the minimum required for v18 on all installations. I wonder if it is the way the BIOS is reporting to the XG installer (this was a problem a long time ago back in v15 with a NUC box that I provided to dev).

    Emile

  • 0 in reply to Emile Belcourt

    > I wonder if it is the way the BIOS is reporting to the XG installer

    Perhaps this is the case. I may have read something along those line in this forum

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