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Unity Connection 8.0 Hardware Changes
Anil Verma, Software Dev Manager ([email protected])
Hardware Changes for the
Connection 8.0 appliance
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MCS Equipment Specification Changes
 Unity Connection 8.0 will not support the following MCS platforms
(and their software only models): 7815I1, 7825I1, 7835I1, 7845I1,
7825H1, 7835H1, 7845H1
 Connection 8.0 will support the following MCS platforms with hard
drive upgrades (and their software only models): 7815I2, 7825I2,
7825H2. They will need a minimum of 160 GB drives.
 Connection 8.0 will support the following MCS platforms with hard
drive upgrades (and their software only models): 7835I2, 7835 H2,
7845I2, 7845H2. They will need a minimum of 146 GB drives.
 Non Unity Connection 7835H2/I2 or 7845H2/I2 will need minimum
disks of 146GB each. Refer to the CUCSPL for the number of drives
required.
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Virtualization Support
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Running Connection 8.0 on VMware
 Connection 8.0 supports virtualization on the VMware ESXi 4.0
software running on certain UCS hardware.
 There are predefined Virtual Machine Overlays that the software can
install on.
 There are restrictions on what features of VMware are supported.
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Virtualization Platform Overlays
Configuration
vCPU
RAM
vDisk(Minimum) vNIC
Overlay 1
2
4 GB
1 * 200 GB
1
Overlay 2
4
4 GB
2 * 144 GB
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UCS Hardware supported
 Cisco UCS B series blade servers
 Cisco UCS C 210 series servers. The application will be running as a
Virtual machine on VMware ESXi 4.0 software installed on the server.
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Migrating Hardware
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Migrating from Unsupported Hardware
 If you are running on a hardware that is not supported with
Connection 8.0, you have to follow these basic steps –
1. Upgrade existing version to the latest 7.1(3) build.
2. Install 7.1(3) on a supported hardware or as a Virtual machine. VMs
are allowed to install 7.1(3) only for the purpose of migration and will
have a time bound license.
3. Use DRS to migrate from the older platform to the newer platform.
4. Upgrade the 7.1(3) Connection to a 8.0 Connection software.
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Migrating Physical to Virtual
 To migrate from Physical to Virtual machines, follow these steps1. To migrate to a virtual machine, your physical hardware needs to be
running at a minimum Connection 7.1(3). Once migrated over, the
software needs to be upgraded to 8.0 for support.
2. Use DRS to migrate the data from the Physical machine to the
Virtual machine.
DRS is also the recommended path to move from Virtual to Physical
too.
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Running in Mixed environments
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Mixed environments without A/A
 There is no issues running a mixed mode environment.
 A Connection 8.0 running as a virtual machine is not considered to be
different from a Connection 8.0 running on a Physical machine.
 Follow the guideline on how many ports and users are supported on
the particular overlays.
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Physical and Virtual machines in a A/A pair
 It is OK to have a Physical machine and a Virtual machine in a high
availability Active/Active configuration.
 The resources on the two machines have to match for this to work.
 Connection 8.0 does not support have a HA pair with disparate
hardware. This can lead to odd issues where data cannot be
replicated due to different hard disk sizes.
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