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Important Information About Your Empower 3 Software,

Feature Release 4, Service Release 3 Upgrade

OPERATING SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER CONFIGURATION SPECIFICATIONS

Empower™ 3 Software is tested on the system configurations detailed below. These are the recommended
minimum computer configurations required to run the latest release of Empower 3 Software.

Please note that these recommendations do not take into account additional hardware requirements
necessary to run other applications on the same system used to run Empower 3 Software. Refer to
the Microsoft ® hardware compatibility list for a definitive statement on specific models of computers
supported. All configurations of Empower 3 Software require a DVD drive and NIC cards.

For more details, please refer to the latest versions of Empower Installation and Configuration Guide
as well as Release Notes.

Computer Personal Client or

Citrix Server
Configuration Workstation LAC/E™ 32 Module
Memory
8 GB 4 GB 2 GB
(minimum)
Hard Drive Total/Free
30/25 GB 27/25 GB –
(minimum)
Processor 1X Intel® Xeon® E5-2620 v3 Intel 2 Duo, E6400
–
(minimum) (4 cores @ 1.8 GHz) 2.13 GHz
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008
Windows® 7 Professional Professional or
R2, SP1, Enterprise
or Enterprise SP1, 64-bit; Enterprise SP1,
Operating System or Standard, 64-bit;
Windows 10 Professional 64-bit; Windows
Windows 2012 R2,
or Enterprise, 64-bit 10 Professional or
Standard, 64-bit
Enterprise, 64-bit
Oracle ® Database Oracle 12.1.0.2 None None
Oracle Client Oracle 12.1.0.2 Oracle 12.1.0.2, 32-bit Oracle 12.1.0.2
Internet Explorer
10.0 or 11.0 or
Google Chrome 35
Internet Explorer® Internet Explorer XenApp 7.6 (in Windows
Applications 10.0 or 11.0 or 10.0 or 11.0 or 2008 R2 Enterprise
Google Chrome® 35 Google Chrome 35 or Standard 64-bit)
XenApp 7.6 (running
in Windows 2012 R2
Standard 64-bit)

Please contact your local Waters representative to learn about our convenient upgrade and trade-in programs.

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Computer Windows UNIX Database

Linux Database Server File Server
Configuration Database Server Server
Memory (minimum) 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB
4 separate hard
drives
Free Hard Disk Protected storage
space** 4 local hard of minimum 100
4 local hard drives
Hard Drive Total/Free • 1 GB for drives (additional GB; Backup storage
(additional SAN storage
(minimum) Empower 3 FR4 SAN storage separate drive minimum
recommended)
application recommended) 1 TB to hold
2 copies of backup
• 20 GB for
Oracle/Empower
database
1 x 4 cores T5240, T4-2 1 x 4 cores
Processor (minimum) –
@ 1.8 GHz or equivalent @ 1.8 GHz
Windows Server
Windows Server 2008
2008 R2 SP1,
R2 SP1, Enterprise
Enterprise or Solaris 10 (8/11), Red Hat Enterprise
Operating System or Standard, 64-bit;
Standard, 64-bit; patched to 9/11 Linux 6.8
Windows 2012 R2,
Windows 2012 R2,
Standard, 64-bit
Standard, 64-bit
Oracle Database Oracle 12.1.0.2 Oracle 12.1.0.2 Oracle 12.1.0.2 None
Oracle Client Oracle 12.1.0.2 None None None
Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Applications None None 10.0 or 11.0 or
35*
Google Chrome 35

busLAC/E INTERFACE CARD

The ISA busLAC/E™ Interface Card is not supported in Empower 3 Software.

LAC/E32 MODULE
LAC/E32 configurations compatible with Empower 3, Feature Release 4:
■■ LAC/E32 configurations 12, 13, and 14 are supported for Windows 7, 64-bit only

■■ LAC/E32 configuration 15 is supported with Windows 7, 64-bit and Windows 10 Professional. Windows 10 LAC/E32 must be
connected via a switch to the unbridged network card. Minimum requirements for switch is 10/100/1000 gigabit switch.

■■ LAC/E32 configuration 16 is supported with Windows 10 Professional and an option for Windows 7, 64-bit option. Windows
10 LAC/E32 must be connected via a switch to the unbridged network card. Minimum requirements for switch is 10/100/1000
gigabit switch.

■■ 700, 710, 712, and 715 Autosamplers ■■ LC Module 1

■■ 410 RI Detector ■■ GPC 2000
■■ 474 Fluorescence Detector ■■ Integrity TMD
■■ 484, 486, 490 UV Detectors ■■ 5890 GC (under busLAC/E control)
■■ 990/991, 996 PDA Detectors ■■ 7673 (under busLAC/E control)
■■ SIM System Interface Module ■■ EMD and ZQ Mass Detectors

For a complete list of Instruments and devices supported in the current Empower configuration,
please refer to Empower 3 Supported Instruments and Devices Reference Guide.

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