hi Keith
PCM+3.0 support ten remote agent
each remote agent support 350 device ,10 SNMP/syslog events per second,10000 interface monitored,3000 sFlow sampled interface,7000 interface polled for SNMP statics
and each remote agent must be install
windows xp(sp2or3)or windows 2003 server
additional hardaware requirements
*dual processor(for each remote agent)
*dedicated 100 Mbps network adapter(for each remote agent)
*disk space 20GB(40GB recomended)(for each remote agent)
*memory 2GB (3GB recomended)(for each remote agent)
yes you can use VMWare but you must support one by one system requirements each remote agent.
you have 1450 device on network so you must use five remote agent.
if you want install four or more than remote agent on same network you must not install local agent on pcm server.
remote agent install recomended branch office site for transparent firewall and collet easly data but you can install headquarter site few (maximum)remote agent