Virtualization for Cisco Unity

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Version 7.0(2)+

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Note:
  • Cisco does not provide pre-configured OVA files for Cisco Unity. Please build manually using these requirements and the configuration information in the Design Guide for Cisco Unity Virtualization.
  • Virtualized Cisco Unity appliances require VMWare CPU affinity.
  • Cisco Unity software versions have reached their end of maintenance. They will not be certified for any releases post VMWare ESXi5.1.
  • Customers are encouraged to move to a supported version of the Cisco Unity Connection software.
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Co-residency support= Full
Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi= 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1
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VM Configuration Requirements

Supported Hardware (Latest)
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vCPU

vRAM

vDisk

vNIC

UCS Tested Reference Configurations

UCS or 3rd-party Specs-based on Intel Xeon

5,000 users
See notes

2
(requires VMware CPU Affinity)

4 GB

4 x 24 GB

1

No

No

No

Yes

All except HX240c M4SX TRC#1

Yes

No

15,000 users
See notes

4
(requires VMware CPU Affinity)

4 GB

4 x 24 GB

1

No

No

No

Yes

All except HX240c M4SX TRC#1

Only 9, 10, 11*

No

* See mouse-over column heading for details


Notes on 5,000 user VM configurations

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Cisco Unity Requires VMWare CPU affinity when running as a virtual machine.

The four disks are divided as follows

  • vDisk 1 = Operating system
  • vDisk 2 = Cisco Unity binaries
  • vDisk 3 = Cisco Unity logs, SQL Server transaction logs
  • vDisk 4 = Cisco Unity Message Repository (UMR), SQL Server database

    Cisco does not provide pre-configured OVA files for Cisco Unity. Please build manually using these requirements and the configuration information in the Design Guide for Cisco Unity Virtualization.

    Limits:

  • 48 ports
  • 36 text-to-speech ports

  • Notes on 15,000 user VM configurations

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    Cisco Unity Requires VMWare CPU affinity when running as a virtual machine.

    The four disks are divided as follows

  • vDisk 1 = Operating system
  • vDisk 2 = Cisco Unity binaries
  • vDisk 3 = Cisco Unity logs, SQL Server transaction logs
  • vDisk 4 = Cisco Unity Message Repository (UMR), SQL Server database

    Cisco does not provide pre-configured OVA files for Cisco Unity. Please build manually using these requirements and the configuration information in the Design Guide for Cisco Unity Virtualization.

    Limits:

  • 144 ports
  • 36 text-to-speech ports

  • IOPS and Storage System Performance Requirements

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    Disk IOPS for Unity running as a virtual machine can be found here.