Virtualization for Cisco TelePresence Conductor

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Contents 1 Version XC2.1 2 Version XC2.0 3 Version XC1.2 4 Notes on Conductor VM configuration 5 IOPS and Storage System Performance Requirements

Version XC2.1

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Component & Capacity Point	Use with BE 6000?	VM Configuration Requirements click to download OVA file for this version (AES-encrypted)				Supported Hardware (Latest)									Supported Hardware (Older)
		vCPU	vRAM	vDisk	vNIC	UCS Tested Reference Configurations							UCS or 3rd-party Specs-based on Intel Xeon		UCS Tested Reference Configurations		UCS or 3rd-party Specs-based on Intel Xeon
							S	S+	M	L	XL	2XL	Full UC Perf. CPU	Restricted UC Perf. CPU	S	M	Full UC Perf. CPU	Restricted UC Perf. CPU
Co-residency support = Full Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi = 4.1, 5.0 U1, 5.1 Click for "IOPS"
Conductor VM See notes	No	2	6 GB	Total 132 GB 1x 4 GB (vDisk 1) 1x128 GB  (vDisk 2)	3		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Version XC2.0

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Component & Capacity Point	Use with BE 6000?	VM Configuration Requirements click to download OVA file for this version (AES-encrypted)				Supported Hardware (Latest)									Supported Hardware (Older)
		vCPU	vRAM	vDisk	vNIC	UCS Tested Reference Configurations							UCS or 3rd-party Specs-based on Intel Xeon		UCS Tested Reference Configurations		UCS or 3rd-party Specs-based on Intel Xeon
							S	S+	M	L	XL	2XL	Full UC Perf. CPU	Restricted UC Perf. CPU	S	M	Full UC Perf. CPU	Restricted UC Perf. CPU
Co-residency support = Full Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi = 4.1, 5.0 U1, 5.1 Click for "IOPS"
Conductor VM See notes	No	2	6 GB	Total 132 GB 1x 4 GB (vDisk 1) 1x128 GB  (vDisk 2)	3		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Version XC1.2

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Component & Capacity Point	Use with BE 6000?	VM Configuration Requirements click to download OVA file for this version (AES-encrypted)				Supported Hardware (Latest)									Supported Hardware (Older)
		vCPU	vRAM	vDisk	vNIC	UCS Tested Reference Configurations							UCS or 3rd-party Specs-based on Intel Xeon		UCS Tested Reference Configurations		UCS or 3rd-party Specs-based on Intel Xeon
							S	S+	M	L	XL	2XL	Full UC Perf. CPU	Restricted UC Perf. CPU	S	M	Full UC Perf. CPU	Restricted UC Perf. CPU
Co-residency support = Full Supported Versions of VMware vSphere ESXi = 4.1, 5.0 U1, 5.1 Click for "IOPS"
Conductor VM See notes	No	2	6 GB	Total 132 GB 1x 4 GB (vDisk 1) 1x128 GB  (vDisk 2)	3		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Notes on Conductor VM configuration

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 TelePresence Conductor Virtual Machine Deployment Guide.

IOPS and Storage System Performance Requirements

This section provides the IOPS data for a TelePresence Conductor system under load.

Test specifications:

• Four individual TelePresence Conductor VMs running XC1.2
• 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)

Test results:

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

* Performance test comprised 2400 endpoints, 15 calls per second, 30 MCUs, 2 person conference