Hypervisors Used

VMware vSphere ESXi

VMware ESXi (formerly named ESXi, now renamed back to ESX in version 9.0) is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware and Broadcom. As a Type 1 hypervisor, ESXi runs directly on bare-metal hardware without requiring a host operating system, providing direct access to hardware resources for enhanced performance and efficiency.

Cisco on-premises applications are supported on VMware vSphere ESXi running on a broad spectrum of Cisco Calling Appliances, Cisco General-purpose Compute/Storage, and third-party General-purpose Compute/Storage.


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Nutanix AHV

Nutanix is a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform that integrates compute, storage, and networking into a single, software-defined system, providing a robust foundation for hybrid cloud deployments.

Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) is a hypervisor from Nutanix that runs alongside Acropolis OS (AOS) hyperconvergence software and Prism Central (PC), a web-based, centralized management software. These products are all part of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) or Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) portfolios.

Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix (CCHN) is a joint solution that runs Nutanix software on Cisco hardware, with joint support from both companies.

Cisco on-premises applications are supported on Nutanix AHV, AOS, and PC with CCHN hardware.


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Cisco NFVIS-for-UC (Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software)

Cisco NFVIS (Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software) is a hypervisor product from Cisco's Enterprise Network Function Virtualization (Enterprise NFV) portfolio. It is a special-purpose Linux/KVM-based virtualization layer for deploying select application workloads on select Cisco hardware.

Cisco NFVIS-for-UC is a special edition of NFVIS. Selecting Cisco On-premises Calling Applications are supported on Cisco NFVIS-for-UC (not the base Cisco NFVIS product) on select Cisco Calling Appliances only.


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