Virtualization for Cisco Unity Connection
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Version 9.1(x)
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OVA Download Location for Unity Connection Release 9.1.1 . Select Products->Cisco Unity Connection->Cisco Unity Connection Virtualization->OVA-9.1
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| 100 users See notes | No | 1 | 4 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | Only available for special Cisco Unity Connection on UCS E-Series support. | |||||||||||||||
| 1000 users See notes | Yes | 1 | 4 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
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| 5000 users (larger vDisk) See notes | No | 2 | 6GB | 1x 200 GB | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No
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| 10,000 users See notes | No | 4 | 6 GB | 2x 146 GB or 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| 20,000 users See notes | No | 7 | 8 GB | 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Version 9.0(x)
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OVA Download Location for Unity Connection Release 9.0.1 . Select Products->Cisco Unity Connection->Cisco Unity Connection Virtualization->OVA-9.0
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| 100 users See notes | No | 1 | 4 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | Only available for special Cisco Unity Connection on UCS E-Series support. | |||||||||||||||
| 1000 users See notes | Yes | 1 | 4 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
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| 5000 users (larger vDisk) See notes | No | 2 | 6GB | 1x 200 GB | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No
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| 10,000 users See notes | No | 4 | 6 GB | 2x 146 GB or 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| 20,000 users See notes | No | 7 | 8 GB | 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Version 8.6(2)
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OVA Download Location for Unity Connection Release 8.6.2 Select Products->Cisco Unity Connection->Cisco Unity Connection Virtualization->OVA-8.6
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| 100 users See notes | No | 1 | 4 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | Only available for special Cisco Unity Connection on UCS E-Series support. | |||||||||||||||
| 1000 users See notes | Yes | 1 | 4 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
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| 5000 users (larger vDisk) See notes | No | 2 | 6GB | 1x 200 GB | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No
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| 10,000 users See notes | No | 4 | 6 GB | 2x 146 GB or 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| 20,000 users See notes | No | 7 | 8 GB | 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Version 8.6(1)
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| 500 users See notes | No | 1 | 4 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
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| 1000 users See notes | Yes | 1 | 4 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
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| 5000 users (larger vDisk) See notes | No | 2 | 6GB | 1x 200 GB | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No
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| 10,000 users See notes | No | 4 | 6 GB | 2x 146 GB or 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| 20,000 users See notes | No | 7 | 8 GB | 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Version 8.5(x)
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| 500 users See notes | No | 1 | 2 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
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| 1000 users See notes | Yes | 1 | 4 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
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| 5000 users (larger vDisk) See notes | No | 2 | 4GB | 1x 200 GB | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No
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| 10,000 users See notes | No | 4 | 4 GB | 2x 146 GB or 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| 20,000 users See notes | No | 7 | 8 GB | 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Version 8.0(2+)
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| 500 users See notes | No | 1 | 2 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
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| 1000 users See notes | Yes | 1 | 4 GB | 1x 160 GB | 1 | | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
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| 5000 users (larger vDisk) See notes | No | 2 | 4GB | 1x 200 GB | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No
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| 10,000 users See notes | No | 4 | 4 GB | 2x 146 GB or 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
| 20,000 users See notes | No | 7 | 8 GB | 2x 300 GB or 2x 500 GB disks with pre-aligned disk partitions. If using UCS C210M2 TRC#1, requires at least one additional physical disk for the 500GB overlay. | 1 | | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |||
Notes on 100 user VM configuration
For use only on UCS E series blades see Cisco Unity Connection on UCSE
Requires reserving one physical core per physical server - see co-residency policy.
Limits for Standalone Configuration:
- 8 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 2 ports iLBC or G.722
- Voice mail only (No Integrated or Unified Messaging)
Limits for Active/Active Cluster Configuration:
- 16 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 4 ports iLBC or G.722
- Voice mail only (No Integrated or Unified Messaging)
Notes on 500 user VM configuration
Requires reserving one physical core per physical server - see co-residency policy.
Limits for Standalone Configuration:
- 16 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 4 ports iLBC or G.722
Limits for Active/Active Cluster Configuration:
- 32 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 8 ports iLBC or G.722
Deprecated in the 8.6(2) release.
Notes on 1000 user VM configuration
Requires reserving one physical core per physical server - see co-residency policy.
Limits for Standalone Configuration:
- 24 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 6 ports iLBC or G.722
Limits for Active/Active Cluster Configuration:
- 48 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 12 ports iLBC or G.722
For use on CUCM-BE 6000 as well as other TRC and non-TRC configurations.
Notes on 5000 user VM configurations
Requires reserving one physical core per physical server - see co-residency policy.
Limits for Standalone Configuration:
- 100 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 25 ports iLBC or G.722
Limits for Active/Active Cluster Configuration:
- 200 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 50 ports iLBC or G.722
Notes on 10000 user VM configuration
For the larger 300GB or 500 GB disks, the datastore where the Connection virtual machine will reside must be formatted with a VMware VMFS block size of 2MB or more. A block size of 1MB limits the maximum virtual hard disk size to 256GB. A block size of 2MB allows 512GB virtual disks.
The 500 GB disks will require atleast one additional disk if using the C210 TRC.
Requires reserving one physical core per physical server - see co-residency policy.
Limits for Standalone Configuration:
- 150 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 35 ports iLBC or G.722
Limits for Active/Active Cluster Configuration:
- 300 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 70 ports iLBC or G.722
Notes on 20000 user VM configuration
When running under ESXi 4.1, requires ESXi Enterprise Plus Licensing since it uses over 4 vCPUs for the Virtual Machine. ESXi 5.x does not have this restriction.
The datastore where the Connection virtual machine will reside must be formatted with a VMware VMFS block size of 2MB or more. A block size of 1MB limits the maximum virtual hard disk size to 256GB. A block size of 2MB allows 512GB virtual disks.
The 500 GB disks will require atleast one additional disk if using the C210 TRC.
Requires reserving one physical core per physical server - see co-residency policy.
Limits for Standalone Configuration:
- 250 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 60 ports iLBC or G.722
Limits for Active/Active Cluster Configuration:
- 500 ports G.711 or G.729a (combined TUI, VUI, or TTS)
- 120 ports iLBC or G.722
IOPS and Storage System Performance Requirements
Summary of IOPS for Unity Connection (Data from the 8.5 release):
| IOPS Type | 1vCPU | 2vCPU | 4vCPU | 7vCPU |
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| Avg Total | 78.66 | 129.01 | 217.89 | 201.73 |
| Peak Total | 760.99 | 714.06 | 867.88 | 773.70 |
| Avg Read | 5.90 | 19.60 | 45.67 | 9.53 |
| Peak Read | 601.84 | 469.46 | 693.21 | 526.22 |
| Avg Write | 72.77 | 109.40 | 172.22 | 192.20 |
| Peak Write | 247.14 | 293.51 | 371.97 | 413.50 |
