Table of Contents

Creating and Linking Network Bridge
Creating a New SBC SWe Instance on KVM Hypervisor
Creating a New SBC SWe Instance with PCI Pass-Through Device
Creating a New SBC SWe Instance on KVM Hypervisor - SRIOV
Installing SBC Application on KVM Hypervisor
Re-installing SBC Operating System on KVM
Deploying OAM with N Plus 1 I-SBC on KVM
FAQs - KVM Installation
Instantiate a GPU I-SBC on KVM


This section provides information on installing and running SBC Software Edition (SWe) on KVM hypervisor. The SBC SWe includes the same basic features and functionality as an SBC hardware appliance.


Note

Refer to KVM Performance Tuning for performance tuning procedures.


Warning

The SBC Core system is a closed network device. Customer modifications at the Linux level are not allowed or supported. These modifications can cause stability, update and fail-over issues.

Customers should only configure the SBC using the supported interfaces (Ribbon SBC Core CLI, REST API, EMA, or Ribbon EMS).