Virtualization for Cisco MediaSense

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Version 11.5(1)

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ALERT! This page has been updated to reflect compatibility with the latest M5 hardware. Click here to download support for M4 and older hardware.

Co-residency support= Full
Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi= 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 (ESXi 6.5 requires Cisco MediaSense 11.5.(1) SU02 or later)
Click for "IOPS"
Component &
Capacity Point

VM Configuration Requirements
click to download OVA file

Supported Hardware (Latest)
Click here to download support of older/non-orderable servers

vCPU

vRAM

vDisk

vNIC

UCS Tested Reference Configurations

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

2vCPU Config
See notes

2

8 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

4vCPU Config
See notes

4

8 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

7vCPU Config
See notes

7

16 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

* See mouse-over column heading for details


Version 11.0(1)

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ALERT! This page has been updated to reflect compatibility with the latest M5 hardware. Click here to download support for M4 and older hardware.

Co-residency support= Full
Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi= 5.1, 5.5, 6.0
Click for "IOPS"
Component &
Capacity Point

VM Configuration Requirements
click to download OVA file

Supported Hardware (Latest)
Click here to download support of older/non-orderable servers

vCPU

vRAM

vDisk

vNIC

UCS Tested Reference Configurations

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

2vCPU Config
See notes

2

6 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

4vCPU Config
See notes

4

8 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

7vCPU Config
See notes

7

16 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

* See mouse-over column heading for details


Version 10.x

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ALERT! This page has been updated to reflect compatibility with the latest M5 hardware. Click here to download support for M4 and older hardware.

Co-residency support= Full
Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi=

Click for "IOPS"

10.5: 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0
10.0: 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0
Component &
Capacity Point

VM Configuration Requirements
click to download OVA file

Supported Hardware (Latest)
Click here to download support of older/non-orderable servers

vCPU

vRAM

vDisk

vNIC

UCS Tested Reference Configurations

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

2vCPU Config
See notes

2

6 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

4vCPU Config
See notes

4

8 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

7vCPU Config
See notes

7

16 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

* See mouse-over column heading for details


Version 9.x

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ALERT! This page has been updated to reflect compatibility with the latest M5 hardware. Click here to download support for M4 and older hardware.

Co-residency support= Full
Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi= 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1**
Click for "IOPS"
Component &
Capacity Point

VM Configuration Requirements
click to download OVA file

Supported Hardware (Latest)
Click here to download support of older/non-orderable servers

vCPU

vRAM

vDisk

vNIC

UCS Tested Reference Configurations

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

2vCPU Config
See notes

2

6 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

7vCPU Config
See notes

7

16 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

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** For ESXi 5.1, the virtual hardware needs to be upgraded before starting an install.


Version 8.5(4)

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ALERT! This page has been updated to reflect compatibility with the latest M5 hardware. Click here to download support for M4 and older hardware.

Co-residency support= Full
Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi= 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
Click for "IOPS"
Component &
Capacity Point

VM Configuration Requirements
click to download OVA file

Supported Hardware (Latest)
Click here to download support of older/non-orderable servers

vCPU

vRAM

vDisk

vNIC

UCS Tested Reference Configurations

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

2vCPU Config
See notes

2

6 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

7vCPU Config
See notes

7

8 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

* See mouse-over column heading for details


Version 8.5(3)

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ALERT! This page has been updated to reflect compatibility with the latest M5 hardware. Click here to download support for M4 and older hardware.

Co-residency support= Full
Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi= 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
Click for "IOPS"
Component &
Capacity Point

VM Configuration Requirements
click to download OVA file

Supported Hardware (Latest)
Click here to download support of older/non-orderable servers

vCPU

vRAM

vDisk

vNIC

UCS Tested Reference Configurations

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

7vCPU Config
See notes

7

8 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No


Version 8.5(1) and 8.5(2)

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ALERT! This page has been updated to reflect compatibility with the latest M5 hardware. Click here to download support for M4 and older hardware.

Co-residency support= Full
Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi= 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
Click for "IOPS"
Component &
Capacity Point

VM Configuration Requirements
click to download OVA file

Supported Hardware (Latest)
Click here to download support of older/non-orderable servers

vCPU

vRAM

vDisk

vNIC

UCS Tested Reference Configurations

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

7vCPU Config
See notes

7

8 GB

See notes

1

No

No

No

No

No

No

No


Notes on 2vCPU VM configuration

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The 2 vCPU VM configuration can be used for a Primary or a Secondary Cisco MediaSense node.

Expansion nodes are not supported with this configuration. This configuration is available for deployment on the UCS-E servers. Look for details here Cisco MediaSense on UCSE.

Disk Requirements For a Primary or Secondary Node

  • Disk 1 - 80GB for O/S
  • Disk 2 - 80GB for Database and working storage
  • Disk 3 - 210 GB Minimum. Can be expanded to 12 TB.
    • The OVA templates create and expect the 210 GB disk for Disk 3. This can be expanded and configured to either upload or record media. Refer to the Install guide for more information on how to do this.

    Disk Requirements For a Expansion Node

    Expansion Nodes are not supported with this virtual machine configuration.

    Supported Capabilities
    Physical Hardware Audio-Weight Media Streams Supported Per Note + Concurrent API Requests Supported per non-Expansion Node Max Call Arrival Rate per Node Max Nodes per Cluster Max Media Storage per Node Max Video Playback per Node Notes
    UCS B/C or Specs Based 40 3 + 3 queued 20 per minute 2 7 TB +++ 2 (Ver 10.0)
    SRE-910 60 3 + 3 queued 20 per minute 2 210 GB none Not supported with MediaSense 10.0 or higher
    UCS-E 40 3 + 3 queued 20 per minute 2 400 GB or
    700 GB ++
    2 (Ver 10.0) See here for Supported CPUs - TechNotes
    + A audio call between two end points equals two Audio-Weight Media Streams.

    ++ Max recording storage per node on UCS E140S blades is 400GB when using 600GB SED drives, or 700GB when using 900GB 15K RPM drives.

    +++ If you have already added a disk sized 7 TB or more to MediaSense nodes, the disk storage is not affected by an upgrade. You will be able to use the entire disk space. However, after an upgrade to MediaSense 11.5(1) you will not be able to add more disk space to the node.

    If you require more than 7 TB of disk space due to high recording traffic, either configure Archiving or increase the media partition size to the desired limit (not exceeding 15 TB) before upgrading to MediaSense 11.5(1).


  • Notes on 4vCPU VM configuration

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    The 4 vCPU VM configuration can be used for a Primary or a Secondary Cisco MediaSense node.

    Expansion nodes are not supported with this configuration. This configuration is available for deployment on the UCS-E servers. Look for details here Cisco MediaSense on UCSE.

    Disk Requirements For a Primary or Secondary Node

  • Disk 1 - 80GB for O/S
  • Disk 2 - 80GB for Database and working storage
  • Disk 3 - 210 GB Minimum. Can be expanded to 12 TB.
    • The OVA templates create and expect the 210 GB disk for Disk 3. This can be expanded and configured to either upload or record media. Refer to the Install guide for more information on how to do this.

    Disk Requirements For a Expansion Node

    Expansion Nodes are not supported with this virtual machine configuration.

    Supported Capabilities
    Physical Hardware Audio-Weight Media Streams Supported Per Note + Concurrent API Requests Supported per non-Expansion Node Max Call Arrival Rate per Node Max Nodes per Cluster Max Media Storage per Node Max Video Playback per Node Notes
    UCS B/C or Specs Based 200 10 + 5 queued 2 per second 2 12 TB 4 (Ver 10.0)
    UCS-E 120 10 + 5 queued 2 per second 2 400 GB or
    700 GB ++
    2 (Ver 10.0)
    + A audio call between two end points equals two Audio-Weight Media Streams.

    ++ Max recording storage per node on UCS E140S blades is 400GB when using 600GB SED drives, or 700GB when using 900GB 15K RPM drives


  • Notes on 7vCPU VM configuration

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    The 7 vCPU VM configuration can be used for a Primary, Secondary or an Expansion Cisco MediaSense node.

    Disk Requirements For a Primary or Secondary Node

  • Disk 1 - 80GB for O/S
  • Disk 2 - 600GB for Database and working storage
  • Disk 3 - 210 GB Minimum. Can be expanded to 12 TB.
    • The OVA templates create and expect the 210 GB disk for Disk 3. This can be expanded and configured to either upload or record media. Refer to the Install guide for more information on how to do this.

    Disk Requirements For a Expansion Node

  • Disk 1 - 80GB for O/S
  • Disk 2 - 80GB for Database and working storage
  • Disk 3 - 210 GB Minimum. Can be expanded to 12 TB.
    • The OVA templates create and expect the 210 GB disk for Disk 3. This can be expanded and configured to either upload or record media. Refer to the Install guide for more information on how to do this.

    Disk Requirements For a Expansion Node

    Expansion Nodes are not supported with this virtual machine configuration.

    Supported Capabilities
    Physical Hardware Audio-Weight Media Streams Supported Per Note + Concurrent API Requests Supported per non-Expansion Node Max Call Arrival Rate per Node Max Nodes per Cluster Max Media Storage per Node Max Video Playback per Node Notes
    UCS B/C or Specs Based 400 15 + 10 queued 2 per second 5 12 TB 40 (Ver 10.0)
    + A audio call between two end points equals two Audio-Weight Media Streams.


  • IOPS and Storage System Performance Requirements

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    Version 11.5

    2vCPU IOPS:
    Disk IOPS Disk Read/Write(kbps)
    Peak 95% Avg Peak 95% Avg
    OS Disks 70 55 45 1800 800 550
    DB Disks 30 20 12 600 200 120
    Media Disks 25 25 20 700 650 500

    4 vCPU IOPS:
    Disk IOPS Disk Read/Write(kbps)
    Peak 95% Avg Peak 95% Avg
    OS Disks 90 60 45 2300 1100 400
    DB Disks 65 50 25 1400 800 300
    Media Disks 130 110 60 3950 3200 1700

    7 vCPU IOPS:
    Disk IOPS Disk Read/Write(kbps)
    Peak 95% Avg Peak 95% Avg
    OS Disks 80 65 50 2300 1400 670
    DB Disks
    (Node 1 & 2)
    410 150 60 10000 3700 1300
    DB Disks
    (Node 3, 4 & 5)
    22 20 18 500 400 300
    Media Disks 120 110 90 5200 4700 3750

    Version 11.0

    2vCPU IOPS:
    Disk IOPS Disk Read/Write(kbps)
    Peak 95% Avg Peak 95% Avg
    OS Disks 70 65 50 1500 1200 800
    DB Disks 45 30 15 800 250 150
    Media Disks 60 55 35 2300 2100 1200

    4vCPU IOPS:
    Disk IOPS Disk Read/Write(kbps)
    Peak 95% Avg Peak 95% Avg
    OS Disks 125 90 65 3300 2100 1200
    DB Disks 70 50 25 2000 750 450
    Media Disks 175 160 135 5300 5100 4600

    7vCPU IOPS:
    Disk IOPS Disk Read/Write(kbps)
    Peak 95% Avg Peak 95% Avg
    OS Disks 80 70 55 1800 13500 900
    DB Disks
    (Nodes 1 & 2)
    75 40 35 2100 1200 900
    DB Disks
    (Nodes 3, 4 & 5)
    30 25 20 800 300 250
    Media Disks 85 75 50 8000 5500 2800

    Version 10.5

    2vCPU IOPS:
    Disk IOPS Disk Read/Write(kbps)
    Peak 95% Avg Peak 95% Avg
    OS Disks 80 65 65 3000 1600 1600
    DB Disks 45 30 30 2400 600 600
    Media Disks 60 30 30 2100 1300 1300

    4vCPU IOPS:
    Disk IOPS Disk Read/Write(kbps)
    Peak 95% Avg Peak 95% Avg
    OS Disks 90 75 75 3100 2500 2500
    DB Disks 65 40 40 2500 1200 1200
    Media Disks 115 60 60 4800 3600 3600

    7vCPU IOPS:
    Disk IOPS Disk Read/Write(kbps)
    Peak 95% Avg Peak 95% Avg
    OS Disks 75 75 10000 10000
    DB Disks 400 400 1400 1400
    Media Disks 75 75 2100 2100

    Release 10.0(1) IOPS

      O/S Partition Database Partition Media Partition
    Average IOPS (ops/sec) 75 400 75
    Average Bandwidth (kbytes/sec) 1400 10000 2100

    Release 9.1 IOPS

      O/S Partition Database Partition Media Partition
    Average IOPS (ops/sec) 100 1700 50
    Average Bandwidth (kbytes/sec) 2000 7300 1000