Supported platforms for Data Exchange Layer Broker

Technical Articles ID: KB90421
Last Modified: 2023-11-14 14:28:30 Etc/GMT

Environment

Data Exchange Layer (DXL) Broker 6.x, 5.x

Summary

Recent updates to this article

Date	Update
November 14, 2023	Added DXL 6.0.4 (GA) release and compatibility information.
July 27, 2023	Added a NOTE to "Product Release Information for EOL versions" section in the "Related Information" field.
January 11, 2023	Added DXL 6.0.3 (GA) release details.

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IMPORTANT:

The DXL 5.0.0 client and later are now integrated with MA 5.6.0 and later, and are no longer a standalone component deployed by DXL.
The DXL client is now automatically installed on managed systems with MA 5.6.0 and automatically connects to a DXL Broker in your environment.
Thus, the MA product determines the supported Windows operating system versions. For details, see KB51573 - Supported platforms for Trellix Agent 5.x.
This article covers only the DXL Broker component.

For the supported platforms, environments, and operating systems for Threat Intelligence Exchange, see KB83368 - Supported platforms for Threat Intelligence Exchange Server.

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Product release information

To view the DXL EOL versions, see KB91131 - End of Life for Data Exchange Layer 4.1.x, 4.0.x.

To view the known and resolved issues, see the articles below:

DXL Broker Product Version	Build	Release Notes	Release Date	End of Life (EOL) Date	Comments
DXL 6.0.4 (GA)	6.0.4.642	Release Notes	November 14, 2023	-	DXL Broker package, platform package, extensions, and broker appliance
DXL 6.0.3 (GA)	6.0.3.990	Release Notes	January 11, 2023	-	DXL Broker package, platform package, extensions, and broker appliance
DXL 6.0.0 Hotfix 5 (GA)	6.0.0.301	Release Notes	October 4, 2022	-	DXL Broker package, platform package, extensions, and broker appliance
DXL 6.0.0 Hotfix 4 (GA)	6.0.0.280	Release Notes	June 29, 2022	-	DXL Broker package update
DXL 6.0.0 Hotfix 3 (GA)	6.0.0.259	Release Notes	March 25, 2021	-	DXL extensions on ePO update
DXL 6.0.0 Hotfix 1 (GA)	6.0.0.203	Release Notes	February 11, 2021	-	DXL Broker package update
DXL 6.0.0 (GA)	6.0.0.197.2	Release Notes	December 10, 2019	-	-

DXL 5.0.2 Hotfix 1 (GA)	5.0.2.140	Release Notes	February 11, 2020	-	-
DXL 5.0.2 (GA)	5.0.2.130.7	Release Notes	September 10, 2019	-	-

DXL 5.0.1 Hotfix 3 (GA)	5.0.1.223.1	Release Notes	May 7, 2019	-	-
DXL 5.0.1 Hotfix 2 (GA)	5.0.1.218.1	Release Notes	April 9, 2019	-	-
DXL 5.0.1 Hotfix 1 (RTS) ²	5.0.1.212.1	-	March 12, 2019	-	-
DXL 5.0.1 (Server) (GA)	5.0.1.198.1	-	February 26, 2019	-	-
DXL 5.0.0 Hotfix 1 (Server) (RTS) ²	5.0.0.587.3	-	December 17, 2018	-	-
DXL 5.0.0 (Server) (GA) ¹	5.0.0.546.1	-	November 13, 2018	-	-

¹	The DXL 5.0.0 client is now integrated with MA 5.6.0, and is no longer a standalone component deployed by DXL. MA 5.6.0 bundles the DXL client as a component. The DXL client is now automatically installed on managed systems with MA 5.6.0 and automatically connects to a DXL Broker in your environment.
²	We investigated this issue and a solution is currently available. This solution is currently not generally available, but is in Released to Support (RTS) status. To obtain the RTS build, log on to the ServicePortal and create a Service Request. Include this article number in the Problem Description field. See KB51560 - On-premises product release cycle for more information.

Supported hypervisors for the DXL Broker

Supported hypervisors for the DXL Broker 5.0.0–6.0.x

Hypervisor	DXL Broker Deployment Method
Package Type	.iso¹	.ova¹	Broker Install Upgrade Package²
VMware vSphere	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hyper-V 12	Yes	No	Yes
Citrix XenServer 7.2.0	Yes	No	Yes
Oracle VM Server 3.4.4³	No	No	Yes
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) 10.1.5.3 on CentOS 7.0⁴	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor: 2019.02.11	Yes	No	Yes

¹	Refers only to a Broker running on the McAfee Linux operating system (MLOS). The DXL Broker server 6.0.3 no longer supports MLOS version 2.
²	Broker upgrade package only applies to CentOS, Red Hat, and MLOS. Broker Install package applies to CentOS and Red Hat.
³	ISO deploy isn't supported on Oracle VM server because of a known issue.
⁴	When deploying the Broker .iso or .ova in KVM, set the Virtual Disk (Disk Bus) as SATA (typically in the Advanced Options).

Supported operating systems for the DXL Broker

Operating System	DXL 6.0.4	DXL 6.0.3	DXL 6.0.0	DXL² 5.0.2 5.0.1 5.0.0
Microsoft Windows Server supported operating systems with the DXL Broker
Windows Server 2022 (Standard, Datacenter, Datacenter Azure)	Yes	Yes	No	No
Windows Server 2019 (64-bit only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2016 (64-bit only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2012 (64-bit only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 (64-bit only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Linux supported operating systems with the DXL Broker
CentOS 7.x	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CentOS 6.x	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x	Yes¹	Yes¹	Yes¹	Yes¹
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

¹	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x is supported only with DXL 5.0.1 Hotfix 3 and later.
²	Starting with DXL 5.0.0, the DXL client is bundled with MA. Whatever operating system MA supports, DXL 5.0 and later also support.

NOTE: The DXL Broker can be installed on the same system as the ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) Server, SuperAgents, or Agent Handlers.

Supported ePO server versions

DXL Broker Versions	ePO 5.10.0	ePO 5.9.x (EOL)
DXL 6.0.x	Yes	-
DXL 5.0.0, 5.0.1	Yes	-

Related Information

Product Release Information for EOL versions

DXL Broker Product Version	Build	Release Notes	Release Date	EOL Date
DXL 4.1.x
DXL 4.1.2 Hotfix 4 (RTS) ²	4.1.2.139.1	-	September 10, 2019	December 16, 2020
DXL 4.1.2 Hotfix 3 (GA)	4.1.2.123.1	-	April 9, 2019
DXL 4.1.2 Hotfix 2 (RTS) ²	4.1.2.118.1	-	March 12, 2019
DXL 4.1.2 Hotfix 1 (GA)	4.1.2.115.8	-	January 23, 2019
DXL 4.1.2 (GA)	4.1.2.107.1	-	November 13, 2018
DXL 4.1.1 (Repost)	4.1.1.123.30	-	September 11, 2018
DXL 4.1.1 (GA) ¹	4.1.1.113.3	-	August 7, 2018
DXL 4.1.0 (GA)	4.1.0.184.1	-	-
DXL 4.0.x
DXL 4.0.0 Hotfix 10 (RTS) ²	4.0.0.483.1	-	September 10, 2019	December 17, 2019
DXL 4.0.0 Hotfix 9 (GA)	4.0.0.471.1	-	May 7, 2019
DXL 4.0.0 (GA)	4.0.0.416.1	-	-
DXL 3.1.x
DXL 3.1.0 (GA)	3.1.0.580.1	-	-	April 10, 2019

¹	DXL 4.1.1 was reposted to the Product Downloads site because of a SysCore issue documented in KB90301 - Blue screen error or hang when SysCore upgrades and Endpoint Security or Host Intrusion Prevention Exploit Prevention is enabled.
²	We investigated this issue and a solution is currently available. This solution is currently not generally available, but is in Released to Support (RTS) status. To obtain the RTS build, log on to the ServicePortal and create a Service Request. Include this article number in the Problem Description field. See KB51560 - On-premises product release cycle for more information.

NOTE: For information about Trellix Agent compatible products, see KB93915 - Trellix Agent 5.7.x compatible products.

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