# Requirements

HPE Morpheus Enterprise Software is a software-based appliance installation capable of orchestrating many clouds and hypervisors. Before an installation is started it is important to understand some of the base requirements.

In the simplest configuration HPE Morpheus Enterprise needs one Appliance Server. The Appliance Server, by default, contains all the components necessary to orchestrate both VMs and containers. To get started some base requirements are recommended:

**Subtopics**  

- **[Base Requirements](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007732en_us/render?page=GUID-A3332B9C-D74E-4095-AE33-18F65AB33A7A.html)**
- **[Storage Considerations](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007732en_us/render?page=GUID-45DBACB2-9ED7-4538-9BF9-2D121178F539.html)**
- **[Network Connectivity](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007732en_us/render?page=GUID-ACEB9448-EE82-43E6-A16B-7F34FBD4D7AF.html)**
- **[Components](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007732en_us/render?page=GUID-BE80C9FF-D456-4120-937D-6FB30FA422D4.html)**
- **[Common Ports & Requirements](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007732en_us/render?page=GUID-0DB10170-9557-43A8-BF4B-76F2A2C25FBE.html)**
- **[Communication Data](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007732en_us/render?page=GUID-72A18F4A-3841-45DA-8D48-53A23DCFFEA9.html)**
- **[SELinux](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007732en_us/render?page=GUID-E2B7B9E6-378C-444C-A3CD-4096BABC2182.html)**
- **[OpenSearch Configuration](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007732en_us/render?page=GUID-ECFD4939-8F53-44BB-B8D7-094E28DFAB7C.html)**
- **[Supported Locales](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007732en_us/render?page=GUID-6F84861F-7AAD-462D-A85C-CC3FDB9269C4.html)**
