System Requirements
ZEISS Microscopy Software
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Minimum System Requirements |
Recommended System Requirements |
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Intel® CPU with 6 cores, 3.0 GHz clock frequency (e.g. Intel® Core® i5-12500 CPU) |
Intel® Xeon® CPU with 12 cores, 3.2 GHz clock frequency (e.g. Intel® Xeon® W5-3425) |
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16 GB RAM |
64 GB RAM |
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Graphics adapter with support for resolutions of at least 1920 x 1200, 32 Bit true color, DirectX® 12.0 or higher (e.g. integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 670 or dedicated graphic card NVIDIA® RTX A1000 8GB) |
Graphics adapter with support for resolutions of 3840 x 2160 Pixel (“4K”), 32 Bit true color, DirectX® 12.0 (or higher), OpenGL® 4.5 (or higher) (e.g. dedicated graphic card NVIDIA® RTX A4000 16 GB) |
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Hard drive |
Hard drive |
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2 x USB 2.0 and 2 x USB 3.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 and 2 x USB 3.0 |
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Monitor: 24" TFT display, vertical resolution 1200 pixels at least |
Monitor: 27" TFT display, vertical resolution 1440 pixels at least |
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PCIe interface: 2 available PCI Express x8 Gen2 slots for camera interface cards |
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Microsoft® Windows® 11 x64 Enterprise, no special customer adapted versions. We recommend Windows 11 Enterprise IoT versions as ZEN core 3.13 was tested with Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC version 24H2. Other Windows 11 Versions (e.g., Home or Pro) have not been tested. Windows N editions do not support basic media functionality, so that they cannot be used for the ZEN core application. Recommendation: Windows® 11 should be updated to the latest build version (e.g. 22631.3737) before installing ZEN core. Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/release-information Drivers for NVIDIA graphics cards in our workstations should also be downloaded from hp website (not from NVIDIA) e.g. for hp Z8 G5 workstation: https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/swdetails/hp-z8-fury-g5-workstation-desktop-pc/2101236624/swItemId/vc-339200-1 |
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For software resp. system operation, the user must be logged on with at least user privileges. For the software installation procedure, the user must be logged on with an account owning local administrator rights.
For specific hardware requirements of microscope systems or software modules please refer to the corresponding system or module description.
See also
Minimum System Requirements for ZEN core TCA Systems
Axio Imager 2 and Axio Zoom.V16
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Parameter |
Description |
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Processor |
Intel® Xeon® CPU with 4 cores, 3.8 GHz clock frequency, e.g. Intel® Xeon® Gold 5222 * |
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Memory |
128 GB RAM |
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Graphics adapter |
Support for resolutions of 3840 x 2160 pixels (“4K”), 32 Bit true color, DirectX® 12.0 (or higher), OpenGL® 4.5 (or higher), |
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Hard drive |
1 x 512 GB SSD NVMe and 2 x 6 TB HDD SATA 6Gb/s (configured as 6 TB RAID 1) |
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USB interface |
4 x USB 2.0 and 2 x USB 3.0 |
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PCIe interface |
2 available PCI Express x8 Gen2 slots for camera interface cards |
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Monitor |
27" TFT display, vertical resolution 1440 pixels at least |
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Operating System |
Microsoft® Windows® 11 Enterprise, no special customer adapted versions. Windows N editions do not support basic media functionality, so that they cannot be used for ZEN core application. The user must be logged in with at least user privileges. For the software installation procedure local administrator rights are required. |
For specific hardware requirements of microscope systems or software modules please refer to the corresponding system or module description.
Axioscope 7 and SteREO Discovery.V8
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Parameter |
Description |
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Processor |
Intel® CPU with 6 cores, 3.3 GHz (e.g. Intel® Core® i5-10600 CPU) |
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Memory |
64 GB RAM |
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Graphics adapter |
Support for resolutions of at least 1920 x 1200 pixels, 32 Bit true color, DirectX 12.0 or higher, |
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Hard drive |
1 x 512 GB SSD NVMe and 1 x 8 TB HDD SATA 6Gb/s |
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USB interface |
2 x USB 2.0 and 2 x USB 3.0 |
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Monitor |
24" TFT display, vertical resolution 1200 pixels at least |
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Operating System |
Microsoft® Windows® 11 Enterprise, no special customer adapted versions. Windows N editions do not support basic media functionality, so that they cannot be used for ZEN core application. The user must be logged on with at least user privileges. For the software installation procedure local administrator rights are required. |
For specific hardware requirements of microscope systems or software modules please refer to the corresponding system or module description.
Minimum System Requirements for ZEN core NMI Systems
Axio Imager 2 and Axio Observer 7
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Parameter |
Description |
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Processor |
Intel® Xeon® CPU with 4 cores, 3.8 GHz clock frequency, e.g. Intel® Xeon® Gold 5222 |
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Memory |
128 GB RAM |
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Graphics adapter |
Support for resolutions of 3840 x 2160 pixels (“4K”), 32 Bit true color, DirectX® 12.0 (or higher), OpenGL® 4.5 (or higher), |
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Hard drive |
1 x 512 GB SSD NVMe and 2 x 6 TB HDD SATA 6Gb/s (configured as 6 TB RAID 1) |
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USB interface |
4 x USB 2.0 and 2 x USB 3.0 |
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PCIe interface |
2 available PCI Express x8 Gen2 slots for camera interface cards |
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Monitor |
27" TFT display, vertical resolution 1440 pixels at least |
|
Operating System |
Microsoft® Windows® 11 Enterprise, no special customer adapted versions. Windows N editions do not support basic media functionality, so that they cannot be used for ZEN core application. The user must be logged in with at least user privileges. For the software installation procedure local administrator rights are required. |
For specific hardware requirements of microscope systems or software modules please refer to the corresponding system or module description.