This section describes the Hardware and Software requirements of Distributed SBC SWe Cloud on an OpenStack platform. Intel Xeon processors (Nehalem micro-architecture or above) with 6 cores and above (processors should support hyper threading). It is recommended to use Westmere (or newer) processors for better SRTP performance. These processors have the AES-NI instruction set for performing cryptographic operations in hardware. Minimum 4 NICs. 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. The PKT ports must be 10 Gbps SR-IOV enabled port. 6 NICs are required for supporting PKT port redundancy. The system hosting SBC SWe must meet the following requirements: Configuration Requirement Processor RAM Minimum 24 GB Hard Disk Minimum 500 GB Network Interface Cards (NICs)
All NIC ports must come from the NUMA node 0. The S-SBC SWe instance is hosted on dual-socket physical server with 10 physical cores coming from each NUMA node.
All NIC ports must come from the same NUMA node where M-SBC SWe instance is hosted.
The D-SBC SWe is pre-release software intended for Sonus partners and customers for non-production use by special arrangement. The software is made available through FTP service. Contact your Sonus representative to arrange a download posting. You must provide your (company) e-mail as the download link is associated with that e-mail.