Virtual hardware configuration

Overview

The vCPAA mimics an SR-12 chassis equipped with:

Each vCPAA should be configured as follows, where KVM or VMware is configured as the hypervisor:

Table 3-2: Virtual machine configuration

Parameter

Supported

Recommended

Memory

4GB+

4GB+

Virtual CPUs - mode

Custom

Custom

Virtual CPUs - number

1 with dual core

1 with dual core

Virtual CPUs - pinning

Required

Required

Virtual disks - number

1

1

Virtual disks - type

KVM: QCOW2 image file

VMware: OVF image file

KMV: QCOW2 image file

VMware: OVF image file

Virtual disks - driver

KVM: virtIO

VMware: vmhba

KMV: virtIO

VMware: vmhba

Virtual NIC - interfaces

1-5

1-5

Virtual NIC - type

KVM: bridge or direct

VMware: vSwitch, bridge, or direct

KVM: bridge or direct

VMware: vSwitch

Virtual NIC - model

KVM: virtIO

VMware: vmnic

KVM: virtIO

VMware: vmnic

Console serial port

KVM: physical serial port, or bind to available host TCP port

VMware: bind to available host TCP port

Bind to available host TCP port

Note: Nokia recommends providing 1 GB of HDD space for each virtual machine, in addition to any HDD space required to run the host OS or hypervisor.

The vCPAA must be shutdown before performing certain tasks on the host, such as increasing or decreasing the amount of virtual CPUs, changing CPU pinning information, increasing or decreasing the VM memory, adding or removing a disk, or adding or removing network interfaces.

The setup process for vCPAA on VMware is user-specific, and may vary depending on your system configuration. For issues that are not resolved by existing resources, contact your Nokia representative for assistance.

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