Using Vidyogateway Virtual Edition (Ve); Understanding Vidyogateway Ve Requirements - Vidyo VidyoGateway Administrator's Manual

9. Using VidyoGateway Virtual Edition
(VE)
The VidyoGateway Virtual Edition (VE) allows you to enjoy the benefits of the VidyoGateway within
a virtual environment. The advantages of using virtual appliances include:
 All the features and functionality of the physical appliance.

The simplicity and efficiency of a software-based virtual appliance.
 Leveraging your investment in VMware vSphere infrastructure.
This chapter describes how to configure the VidyoGateway VE.

Understanding VidyoGateway VE Requirements

You can run multiple Virtual Edition Vidyo servers (of any combination) on the same physical host
when using VidyoGateway version 3.2 and later. Virtual Edition Vidyo servers may be run on
hardware that is also running non-Vidyo virtual machines.
If you have an existing Virtual Edition software deployment, you can upgrade to newer software
releases using the same hardware and virtual machine configurations. However, in order to be
supported under the guidelines (such as sharing physical hosts with multiple virtual machines),
your virtual machines must adhere to the virtual machine configurations listed in this section.
To run VidyoGateway VE, the following requirements must be met:
 VMware vSphere ESXi Hypervisor software version 5.0 or later
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Must be compliant with the VMware qualified hardware list at
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php
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Requires Intel-based servers with a minimum Xeon 56xx Series at 2.0 GHz or faster, supporting
Intel Westmere and newer architectures, with AES-NI and hyper-threading enabled
 At least 1Gbps vNICs
 The BIOS settings of the host machine must be set for maximum performance, including both
CPU and memory settings.
 The BIOS settings must enable the Hyperthreading, Virtualization Technology (VT), and
Extended Page Tables (EPT) options on all ESX hosts
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The memory must be the highest rated speed specified by the host CPU, and all memory
lanes of the CPUs must be populated with identical size and speed DIMMS
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For 4+ socket systems, set your CPU affinity to two adjacent packages to ensure that
transcoding occurs on memory at most 1 node away
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