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This section describes
hardware and software requirements and recommendations.To install and configure
, 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, system may not behave as expected. |
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SBC SWe for KVM Hypervisor – Server Hardware Requirements
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Processor | Intel Xeon processors (Nehalem micro-architecture or above) with 6 cores and above (processors should support hyper threading). |
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| Ribbon recommends using Westmere (or newer) processors for better SRTP performance. These processors have the AES-NI instruction set for performing cryptographic operations in hardware. |
| RAM | Minimum 24 GB | Hard Disk | Minimum 500 GB | Network Interface Cards (NICs) | Minimum 4 NICs. |
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| 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. |
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| The Intel I350, x540, and 82599 Ethernet adapters are supported for configuring as SR-IOV and DirectPath I/O pass-through devices. |
| Ports | Number of ports allowed: - 1 Management port
- 1 HA port
- 2 Media ports
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The software runs only on platforms using Intel processors. Platforms using AMD processors are not supported. |
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BIOS Setting Recommendations
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Ribbon recommends the following BIOS settings for optimum performance:
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Intel VT-x (Virtualization Technology) | Enabled | For hardware virtualization | Intel Hyper-Threading | Enabled | | Intel Turbo Boost | Enabled | | CPU power management | Maximum Performance |
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For example, the BIOS settings are shown below for HP DL 380p Gen8 servers. For BIOS settings of other servers, refer to the respective vendor's website.
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HP Power Profile | Maximum Performance | Balanced Power and Performance | Thermal Configuration | Maximum Cooling | Optimal Cooling | HW Prefetchers | Disabled | Enabled | Adjacent Sector Prefetcher | Disabled | Enabled | Processor Power and Utilization Monitoring | Disabled | Enabled | Memory Pre-Failure Notification | Disabled | Enabled | Memory Refresh Rate | 1x Refresh | 2x Refresh |
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KVM Module | 3.10.0 or above | 3.10.0 | QEMU Emulator | 1.5.3 | 1.5.3 | libvirtd (libvirt) | 1.1.1 | 1.1.1 | virt-manager | 0.10.0 | 0.10.0 |
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Processors and VM configuration (CPUs, RAMs, Virtual Hard Disk, NICs, and bridge Settings) must be identical for SBC SWe HA pair. |
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BIOS settings and recommendations must not be changed once it is applied on the server. |
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KVM Configuration Recommendations
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vCPU | Minimum 4 vCPUs required. |
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Any number of vCPUs may be configured depending upon the call capacity requirements, but the number should be even (4, 6, 8, etc.) to avoid impacting performance. |
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KVM Direct-IO mode is only supported for PKT ports for vCPUs >=4.
vRAM | Reserve the memory based on call capacity and configuration requirements. Refer to for supported call capacities with different configuration limits. | Virtual Hard Disk | Set Hard Disk (virtual) size as 100 GB or more (based on requirements of retaining CDRs, logs, etc. for number of days). Note: Hard disk size cannot be changed after the SBC SWe software is installed. | vNICs | Set number of virtual NICs as 4 (1-MGMT, 1-HA, 1-PKT0 and 1-PKT1). - Use only Virt-IO driver.
- Associate each vNIC to separate bridges.
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- KVM hypervisor version and VM configuration (vCPUs, vRAMs, Virtual Hard Disk, vNICs, and vSwitch Settings) must be identical for an SBC SWe HA pair.
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- KVM hypervisor settings and recommendations must not be changed once it is applied on the server.
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