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 These These instructions assume that your SWe Lite is upgraded to Release 7.0; the system must be running 7.0 to support 1, 2 or 4 vCPUs (depending on your license). See Working with Licenses.

For details on hardware and software requirements, refer to:

In Release 7.Starting in 7,0, the SWe Lite supports the following:

  • For Memory (RAM) , valid settings are 1 GiB, 2 GiB, or 4 GiB: 1GiB, 2GiB, or 4GiB. Each SBC SWe Lite instance requires from 1GiB to 4GiB of RAM depending on the configuration.
  • For vCPUs, valid settings are : 1, 2, or 4 CPUs.

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1Memory required for number of vCPUs

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44 GiBThe instructions below outline how to increase the number of vCPUs and increase memory on your VM instance, according to deployment type.

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Adding vCPUs and Increasing RAM

SWe Lite on KVM Hypervisor

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  1. Login into a terminal access software (such as Putty), and log into the KVM server.
  2. Start the Virtual Machine Manager.
  3. From the list, click on the applicable VM instance.
  4. Power down the VM.
  5. Select Edit > Virtual Machine Details
  6. Select View > Details or click the icon
  7. From the menu, click CPUs.The SWe Lite supports 1, 2, or 4 vCPUs. 

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    1Add vCPUs

  8. Click Apply.
  9. From the menu, click Memory. Each SWe Lite instance with 1 vCPU requires 1024 MiB (1GiB) RAM; this amount is increased according to the number of vCPUs. See Memory Refer to SBC SWe Lite Hardware and Software Requirements.

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  10. Click Apply.
  11. Restart Start the VM instance. The SWe Lite is configured with the updated values.

To verify the updated values, see Verify Update on SWe Lite.

SWe Lite on Microsoft Hyper-V

Note

The VM instance must be powered down before updating memory and vCPU.

  1. Launch Hyper-V Manager from the Windows Start menu.
  2. Power down the VM in which you will be adding vCPUs and RAM.
  3. Right-click on the desired VM instance and select Settings.
  4. Click on Memory. Each SWe Lite instance with 1 vCPU requires 1024 MiB (1GiB) RAM; this amount is increased according to the number of vCPUs. See Memory Refer to SBC SWe Lite Hardware and Software Requirements.

     

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  5. Enter the desired memory and click OK.
  6. Click on Processor. The SWe Lite supports 1, 2, or 4 vCPUs.

     

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    1Add vCPUs

  7. Enter the desired virtual processors and click OK.
  8. Start the VM instance. The SWe Lite is configured with the updated values.

To verify the updated values, see Verify Update on SWe Lite.

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  1. Access vSphere Client.
  2. Click on the applicable VM instance
  3. Power down the VM.
  4. From the Getting Started tab, click Edit virtual machine settings.
  5. From the Hardware tab, click Memory.

     

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    1Add Memory

  6. Update the desired memory size. Each SWe Lite instance with 1 vCPU requires 1024 MiB (1GiB) RAM; this amount is increased according to the number of vCPUs. See Memory Refer to SBC SWe Lite Hardware and Software Requirements.
  7. From the Hardware tab, click CPUs.

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    1Add vCPUs

  8. Update the desired number of vCPUs. The SWe Lite supports 1, 2, or 4 vCPUs.
  9. Click OK.
  10. Restart Start the VM instance. The SWe Lite is configured with the updated values.

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  1. Connect to the applicable SWe.
  2. In the WebUI, access System > Overview.

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  1. Verify the number of

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  1. Virtual CPUs and Total System Memory.

is updated: 

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