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
FAQs - KVM Installation

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 a physical SBC.


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).