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- For Memory (RAM), valid settings are 1 GiB (1024 MiB), 1.5 GiB (1536 MiB), or 2.5 GiB (2560 MiB).
- For vCPUs, valid settings are 1, 2, 4 or 10 vCPUs.
For detailed information, refer to SBC SWe Edge Hardware and Software Requirements.
For adding vCPUs or increasing memory on a
For Release 8.1 and later, the SBC uses a single QCOW2 image file instead of multiple QCOW2 image files. As a result, the SBC cannot be downgraded from Release 8.1 and later to Release 8.0 and earlier.
Refer to Downloading the SBC SWe Edge Package for On-Premises Deployment prior to performing this procedure. The Changing disk or network drivers post-deployment is not recommended. Start the Virtual Machine Manager. Start Virtual Machine Manager New Virtual Machine From the Create New Virtual Machine dialog, select Import existing disk image and click Forward. Create new Virtual Machine Select Debian Squeeze from the Version drop-down menu. Click Browse and navigate to the location of the disk image. From the Choose Storage Volume dialog, select file SBCSWeLite-disk.qcow2, then click Choose Volume. Click Forward. OS Type and Version Set Memory (RAM) field to 1024, 1536, or 2560. Set CPUs to 1, 2, 4, or 10 and click Forward. Memory and CPU Settings From the New VM dialog, select the applicable network from the Network selection drop-down menu, and click Finish. This network is used for Management Interface. Finalizing Create new Virtual Machine By default, the Random Number Generator (RNG) device is present in the In the new pop-up window, select Disk 1. Expand Advanced options and select VirtIO (for Releases 7.0 and above) or IDE (for Release 6.1) from the Disk bus drop-down menu. Adding Hardware For 7.0 Release and later: Use virtio as the Network Interface Device Model. Select virtio from the Device model drop-down menu, then click Apply. Modify Virtual Network Interface Repeat the preceding steps for additional Network Interfaces. Adding Network Interfaces The The first Virtual NIC must use a dedicated bridge (Network source). The Network source can then be used to configure the four remaining Virtual NICs. To achieve the maximum performance of the CPUs, configure the CPUs so that the Model field is set to host-passthrough. CPU Configuration The Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) is a type of PCI device that enables a physical device (such as a single NIC device) to share to multiple virtual functions; this functionality improves the performance of the I/O. SR-IOV configuration in KVM can share the physical port with multiple virtual machines. For the configuration steps required to enable SR-IOV networks on the KVM platform, refer to Red Hat Enterprise's PCI Device Assignment with SR-IOV Devices. From the Virtual Machine dialog, click Begin installation. Begin Final Installation The configured VM starts automatically as shown below. SBC SWe Edge Running Click Open VM ConsolePrerequisites
Limitations
Customize Configuration
Modify the Disk Device Model
Modify Network Interface Device Model
Add Virtual Network Interfaces
Configure CPU Model
Configure SR IOV
Finalize Installation
Complete Initial Setup
Proceed to SBC SWe Lite Initial Setup. After setup is complete, proceed to License Installation.
License Installation
Trial License Installation
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Production License Installation
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