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Small VCS-C or VCS-E |
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4 GB |
Total 132 GB |
2 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Medium VCS-C |
2 |
6 GB |
Total 132 GB |
2 |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
All except HX220c M5SX TRC#1 |
Yes |
Yes |
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Large VCS-C or VCS-E |
8 |
8 GB |
Total 132 GB |
2 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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Yes |
No |
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Medium VCS-C or VCS-E |
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6 GB |
Total 132 GB |
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No |
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No |
Yes |
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Large VCS-C or VCS-E |
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8 GB |
Total 132 GB |
2 (10Gb) |
No |
No |
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No |
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This page has been updated to reflect compatibility with the latest M5 hardware. Click here to download support for M4 and older hardware.
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4 GB |
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6 GB |
Total 132 GB |
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8 GB |
Total 132 GB |
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Notes on VCS VM Configurations
vDisk 1 = 4 GB, vDisk 2 = 128 GB.
For x8.7 or older, the Large VM configuration requires 10Gb NIC and the host CPU must support the AES-NI instruction set (and it must not be masked by ESXi).
Testing was performed on a Cisco UCS C220 M3S platform. Based on evidence from this testing we do not expect there to be any issues with other supported hardware options.
For more information, see Cisco VCS on Virtual Machine Installation Guide.
Test specifications:
- Four individual Cisco VCS VMs running X7.2
- Single C220 M3 TRC running ESXi 5.0.0 (update 1)
- Processor supporting AESNI feature
- 6GB of RAM per VM
- 132GB disk space per VM (for a 4GB virtual disk 1 and a 128GB virtual disk 2)
- R2XX-LBBU (Raid disk battery backup to enable cache)
- Four hard disks (450GB SAS 15K RPM 3.5in HDD/hot plug/C200 drive sled)
- PCI card Intel Quad port GbE Controller (E1G44ETG1P20)
| Activity | Average IOPS | Average r/w latency | Peak read latency | Peak write latency |
| Performance Test* | 5 | 0.5ms | 15ms | 2ms |
| Software upgrade | 35 | 5ms | 300ms | 160ms |
| Core dump | 40 | 10ms | 100ms | 10ms |
| Burnin test suite | 35 | 50ms | 400ms | 60ms |
Note that Cisco VCS software X7.2 and later takes advantage of AES acceleration on Intel Advanced Encryption Standard New Instruction set available on the Cisco C2xx family of servers. This provides enhanced performance for encrypted calls.