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The recommended hardware and software settings are intended to ensure optimum 

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This page covers the Ribbon-recommended host hardware settings for VMware and not the SBC VM instance size. Network operators must work with the designated Ribbon account team to determine the size of the VM that is required for the call flows and rate they require



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Caution

This page covers the Ribbon-recommended host hardware settings for VMware and not the SBC VM instance size. Network operators must work with the designated Ribbon account team to determine the size of the VM that is required for the call flows and rate they require.


To install and configure

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SBC SWe for VMware – Server Hardware Requirements

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Ribbon is retiring the 2 vCPU for the SBC SWe private cloud as of the 12.0 release. 



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The 

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software only runs on platforms using Intel processors. Platforms using AMD processors are not supported.


The following table lists the server hardware requirements:

 ConfigurationRequirement
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.


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The supported CPU Family number is 6 and CPU Model number must be newer than 26. Refer to the Intel Architecture and Processor Identification document for more information.


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ESXi 6.5 and later releases require approximately 2 physical cores to be set aside for hypervisor functionality. The number of VMs which can be hosted on a server must be planned for accordingly.


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

Minimum 4 NICs, if physical NIC redundancy is not required.

Ribbon recommends using SR-IOV with 10 Gbps interfaces (e.g., x540/82599/x710). Although SR-IOV is supported on 1 Gbps, the 10 Gbps interfaces provide better throughput.

  • Intel I350
  • Intel x540
  • Intel x550
  • Intel x710
  • Intel 82599
  • Mellanox Connect - 4x 
  • Mellanox Connect - 5x
  • CISCO VIC. 


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Use the latest firmware for the specific NIC corresponding to the hardware platform. 


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Make sure NICs have 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 VMware Enterprise Plus license is required for SR-IOV.


Ports

Number of ports allowed:



SBC SWe for VMware – Software Requirements


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Using older versions of ESXi can trigger a VM instance shutdown. To prevent this from occurring, you must upgrade the VMware ESXi -- refer to the End of General Support column on https://lifecycle.vmware.com/#/ for supported versions.


The following are the

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Software

Version

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vSphere ESXi

The version must be supported.

See the End of General Support column at  https://lifecycle.vmware.com/#/ for supported versions.

  • VMware 6.7.3 tested with virtual hardware version 14
  • VMware 7.0.2 tested with virtual hardware version 19
  • Customized ESXi images for various server platforms are available on VMware and hardware platform vendor sites.
    • These ensure that all the required drivers for network and storage controllers are available to run ESXi server.
    • Most of the customized ESXi images come with customized management software to manage the server running the ESXi software.
  • Customized ESXi images for HP ProLiant and IBM servers are available at:
vCenter Server
vCenter Server


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The VMware Enterprise Plus license is required for SR-IOV.



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