OpenScape 4000 V7R1

in a VMware based Data Center

Technical requirements and facts for usage

October 2014
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Use Case:

OpenScape 4000 Server deployments

in VMware VMs (see Matrix)
IPDA and SoftGate deployments
Full OpenScape 4000 V7R1 feature set,
including all application connections

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VMware Requirements/Facts:
Supported VMware vSphere Versions: vSphere/ESXi Version equal V5.1/V5.5 (recommended) or later.1
Administration via vSphere WebClient preferred, but not mandatory (Service PC with Windows 7 required)
Supported Host CPU are Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI Technology
SW Provisioning as ISO-Install Image with OVF VM Template File
Tested Features:
vMotion Yes
HA Yes
FaultTolerance No (due FT limitation on 1 * vCPU)

VMware-Tools Yes (already installed in image version 9)

Snapshots Yes

Notes: vSphere 5.5 required .Restrictions / Limitations: Should not be used in normal operating time, could cause a SWU restart with short telephony downtime.
OpenScape 4000 Backup and Restore procedures are recommended to be used versus snapshot

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VMware virtual Machine Requirements for OpenScape 4000
deployments are described in the attached Excel sheet*:

VMCG Input

* Please check also latest VMCG version in eDoku.

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(Rough Software View)

CCA - SWU ADP Assistant

CSTA NGP
ACL CLC
NGS SoftGate
SLES 11 SLES 10 CLA
RealTime - OS RealTime - OS
64 bit 32 bit
Qemu/KVM Qemu/KVM Qemu/KVM Qemu/KVM

LINUX HA

JeOS 11* - KVM Hypervisor

Nested Virtualization by enabled Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI in vSphere VM Configuration

One VMware VM

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Backup
Backup
Test existing VMware
The attached VM in OVF format can be quickly used to verify the capability of the
vSphere cluster concerning to the processor options and virtual machine requirements.

vOS4K.zip

Usage:
Extract ZIP archive, import OVF File (vOS4K\vOS4K.ovf) via WebClient into vSphere Cluster and start the virtual machine.
The bootloader screen presents the capability, especially the "Virtual Hardware Virtualization (VHV), aka "Nested Virtualization"

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Redundancy
Warm StandBy for Call Control Requirements in VMware:
These scenario can be achieved with the VMware HA features.
From OpenScape 4000 SW perspective it identical to a restart of the Server HW.

Warm StandBy for Call Control Requirements in VMware:

APE or survivable SoftGate Operating in a VMware environment is also feasible.

Hot StandBy Requirement for Call Control / Duplex Mode in VMware:

Its feasible to setup also a separated Duplex in VMware environment.
These OpenScape 4000 setup requires for each of the three 4k node (VMware locations) a own dedicated
independent storage (e.g. SAN). Analog to the direct attached storage (DAS) of the servers.
From OpenScape 4000 SW including the High Availability framework perspective this identical to run on a
COTS Server HW Platform. That means the same requirements on the IT network and locations has to be
fulfilled.

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