In this section:
Perform the following steps to create new SBC VM.
Click Virtual Machines. Click Create / Register VM to open the New virtual machine window.
VMXNET3 - Create / Register a VM
The figures shown in this procedure are intended as examples of the user interface and might not match the presented image exactly.
Make sure that Create a new virtual machine is selected and click Next.
VMXNET3 - Create a new Virtual Machine
Configure the VM name and guest OS.
Provide a Name for your VM. The name can be up to 80 characters.
Avoid special characters for the name. Refer to System Name and Hostname Naming Conventions for details.
Click Next.
VMXNET3 - VM Name and Guest OS
Select a datastore and click Next. Make sure that the datastore has at least 100GB or more of free space. This datastore is required to store all log-related data files.
VMXNET3 - Select Storage - Datastore
In the Cores per Socket field, enter the total number of cores to allocate to each virtual socket (the following screen capture uses four cores).
The number of virtual sockets automatically updates.
In the Reservation field, enter a reservation number.
Set the CPU reservation so that it equals the physical processor CPU speed, multiplied by the number of vCPUs assigned to the VM.
For example, a configuration of 4 CPUs with a processor of 2.99 GHz CPU frequency reserves "2992 * 4 = 11968 MHz".
In the Limit field, select Unlimited for optimal performance.
VMXNET3 - CPU Settings
Under Virtual Hardware, expand the Memory drop-down menu and assign memory to the virtual machine. Refer to For VMware for memory size requirements.
Use 20 GB of RAM for large configurations and 17 GB of RAM for small configurations. Refer to SBC SWe Performance Metrics for more information on memory required for different call capacities.
For fewer than 6000 calls, the minimum reservation must be 10GB. Anything more than 6000 calls requires at least 14GB vRAM. Refer to SBC SWe Performance Metrics for more information.
VMXNET3 - Memory Settings
In the Disk Provisioning field, select Thick provisioned, eagerly zeroed.
The Virtual Device Node field should use the default values of SCSI controller 0 and SCSI (0:0).
VMXNET3 - Disk Settings
Under Virtual Hardware, select LSI Logic Parallel in the SCSI Controller 0 field.
VMXNET3 - SCSI Settings
Select the packet interface 1 for the fourth network adapter (PKT1 in the following screen capture).
These network adapters and labels are already created on the ESXi host server. If you are installing for the first time on a new ESXi host server, these network adapters and corresponding labels (VM Network, HA Network, PKT0, PKT1) need to be created. For details, refer to Creating Virtual Machine using vNetwork Standard Switch (vSwitch).
Make sure that the Network Adapters are mapped in the following order:
Select VMXNET 3 in each Adapter Type field.
The VMXNET 3 virtual network adapter has no physical counterpart. VMXNET is optimized for performance in a virtual machine.
VMXNET3 - Network Adapter Settings
Click Next. Review the VM settings that you configured and click Finish to create the VM.
VMXNET3 - Review Settings
For detailed information, refer to Enable/Disable Autostart of the VM section of the Creating an SBC SWe VM Instance with Direct IO Passthrough.