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This section describes

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hardware and software requirements and recommendations for VMware.

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.

Warning

The recommended hardware and software settings are intended to ensure optimum 

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stability and performance. If the recommended settings are not used, the
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system may not behave as expected.

Warning

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.


SBC SWe for VMware – Server Hardware Requirements


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).

Note

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.

Note

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.

Note

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.
Note

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.

Note

The following NICs are supported for configuring as SR-IOV and DirectPath I/O pass-through devices. SR-IOV is supported only with 10 Gbps interfaces (x540/82599/x710):

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

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

Ports

Number of ports allowed:


Warning

The 

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


SBC SWe for VMware – Software Requirements

The following are the

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 requirements for VMware ESXi environments:

SoftwareVersion*Tested and Qualified VersionFor More Information
vSphere ESXi 6.0 or above
  • 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:
vSphere Client5.1 or above
VMware Knowledge Base
vCenter Server5.1 or above
vCenter Server

*   The version must be supported. See the End of General Support column at https://lifecycle.vmware.com/#/ for supported versions. 

Note

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


Third-Party References:


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