The following instance types are supported for the SBC SWe in GCP.



Instance Types for SBC and HFE

Deployment TypeSBC Instance Types SupportedRecommended Default Instance typeComments
SA 4 vCPU

"4 vCPUs, N1"



  • Ribbon recommends Intel Broadwell as the CPU platform.
SA 8 vCPU"8 vCPUs, N1"Use 8 vCPU instance type or higher for Transcode or Crypto call scenarios.
  • Ribbon recommends Intel Broadwell as the CPU platform.

Deployment TypeSBC Instance Types SupportedRecommended Default Instance typeComments

Single HFE HA 4 vCPU

"4 vCPUs, N1" for SBC HA instances

"10 vCPUs, N1" for HFE instance


  • Ribbon recommends Intel Broadwell as the CPU platform.
Single HFE HA 8 vCPU

"8 vCPUs, N1" for SBC HA instances

"16 vCPUs, N1" for HFE instance

Use 8 vCPU instance type or higher for Transcode or Crypto call scenarios.
  • Ribbon recommends Intel Broadwell as the CPU platform.

Single HFE HA 4 vCPU

GPU

"8 vCPUs, N1" for SBC HA instances

with "1 GPU "

"16 vCPUs, N1" for HFE instance

Use 8 vCPU instance type or higher for Transcode or Crypto call scenarios.
  • Ribbon recommends Intel Broadwell as the CPU platform.
  • Ribbon recommends Nvidia Tesla V100 as the GPU platform.



Deployment TypeSBC Instance Types SupportedRecommended Default Instance typeComments
Split HFE HA 4 vCPU

"4 vCPUs, N1" for SBC HA instances

"4 vCPUs, N1" for HFE instances


  • Ribbon recommends Intel Broadwell as the CPU platform.
Split HFE HA 8 vCPU

"8 vCPUs, N1" for SBC HA instance

"8 vCPUs, N1" for HFE instances

Use 8 vCPU instance type or higher for Transcode or Crypto call scenarios.
  • Ribbon recommends Intel Broadwell as the CPU platform.

Split HFE HA 4 vCPU

GPU

"8 vCPUs, N1" for SBC HA instances

with "1 GPU "

"8 vCPUs, N1" for HFE instances

Use 8 vCPU instance type or higher for Transcode or Crypto call scenarios.
  • Ribbon recommends Intel Broadwell as the CPU platform.
  • Ribbon recommends Nvidia Tesla V100 as the GPU platform.

Note

Ribbon does not support changing instance type or size on hypervisor reboot. Any change to instance type or size requires re-installation and updated licensing for the instance.