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This section describes 

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 hardware and software requirements and recommendations.

To install and configure 

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, make sure the Virtual Machine (VM) host meets the following recommended hardware, server platform and software requirements.

 

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The recommended hardware and software settings are intended to ensure optimum stability and performance. If the recommended settings are not used, the Spacevars 0 series3 may not behave as expected.

License Requirements

You must obtain and apply a valid

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 license in order to configure and use the 

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. See the instructions at Obtaining and Installing a SWe Lite Trial License.

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Server Hardware Requirements Caption 0 Table 1 Server Hardware Requirements Configuration  Requirement Processor 2nd Generation Intel Core or Intel Xeon Processor (Sandy bridge or later) RAM Each SBC SWe Lite instance requires from 1 GiB to 2.5 GiB of RAM depending on the configuration. Drive Space Hard disk requirements are dependent upon the number of VMs hosted, the size of each VM at full size, and whether checkpoints will be enabled. Architecture 64-bit Intel processor Host OS Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Minimum Hyper-V hosting requirements are posted by Microsoft. Info The SBC SWe Lite does not support execution within a Hyper-V cluster, as defined at technet.microsoft.com. Contact your Sonus sales representative if you have any questions.

BIOS Setting Recommendations

Sonus recommends the following BIOS settings for optimum performance:

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0 Table 1 Recommended BIOS Settings for Optimum Performance
BIOS Parameter Recommended Setting Details Intel VT-x (Virtualization Technology) Enabled For hardware virtualization Intel Hyper-Threading Enabled

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BIOS settings and recommendations must not be changed once it is applied on the server.

Sonus Recommendations for

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General Recommendations

• Plan enough resources (RAM, CPU, NIC ports, hard disk, etc.) for all the virtual machines (VMs) to run on a server, including resources needed by Hyper-V itself.
• Allocate each VM with only as much virtual hardware as that VM requires. Provisioning a VM with more resources than it requires can, in some cases, reduce the performance of that VM as well as other virtual machines sharing the same host.

• Disconnect or disable any physical hardware devices (Floppy devices, Network interfaces, Storage controllers, Optical drives, USB controllers, etc.) under BIOS settings that you will not be using to free up interrupt/CPU resources.

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0 Table 1 VM Configuration Recommendations
Setting Minimum vCPU 1 vCPU RAM 1 GiB (1024 MiB) to support 1 vCPU vNIC 5 (Up to 3 may be disabled, if only a single vNIC is required for media. Note: One vNIC is mandatory for management.) Virtual Hard Disk 5 GiB

 

Additional Information

• Minimal networking configuration requires the Management Network Interface and at least one Media Interface to be assigned.
• Each SBC SWe Lite VM will use approximately 5 GiB of Virtual Hard Drive space. Drive size is predetermined by the imported image.

 

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Refer to Downloading the SBC SWe Lite Package for software download instructions.