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The recommended hardware and software settings are intended to ensure optimum 

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SBC SWe for KVM Hypervisor – Server Hardware Requirements

The following table lists the server hardware requirements.

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1KVM Hypervisor Server Hardware Requirements
Configuration Requirement
Processor

Intel Xeon processors (Nehalem micro-architecture or above)

Note: Sonus recommend using Westmere (or newer) processors for better SRTP performance. These processors have the AES-NI instruction set for performing cryptographic operations in hardware.

 RAMMinimum 24 GB
Hard DiskMinimum 500 GB
Network Interface Cards (NICs)
Minimum 4 NICs.

Note: Make sure NIC has multi-queue support which enhances network performance by allowing RX and TX queues to scale with the number of CPUs on multi-processor systems.

Ports

Number of ports allowed:

  • 1 Management port
  • 1 HA port
  • 2 Media ports

Warning

The 

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1BIOS Setting Recommendations for HP DL380p Gen8 Server
BIOS ParameterRecommended
Setting
Default Value
HP Power ProfileMaximum PerformanceBalanced Power and Performance
Thermal ConfigurationMaximum CoolingOptimal Cooling
HW PrefetchersDisabledEnabled
Adjacent Sector PrefetcherDisabledEnabled
Processor Power and Utilization MonitoringDisabledEnabled
Memory Pre-Failure NotificationDisabledEnabled
Memory Refresh Rate1x Refresh2x Refresh


 

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SBC SWe for KVM Hypervisor – Software Requirements

Following are KVM hypervisor and SBC SWe software requirements:

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1KVM Requirements
SoftwareVersionTested or Qualified Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 or above7.0
KVM Module 3.10.0 or above3.10.0
QEMU Emulator  1.5.31.5.3
libvirtd (libvirt)1.1.11.1.1
virt-manager0.10.00.10.0
 

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