Supported Platforms

The following platforms are supported in Oracle Enterprise Communications Broker - (will be referred to by it's short name - Communications Broker).

Platforms

For all the platforms listed here, you must install the Operating System and software from a USB memory device

Oracle X9-2
Oracle X8-2

Go to My Oracle Support (MOS) at https://support.oracle.com to download the Operating System and software. See "Download Software from MOS."
See the Software Installation information in the Oracle Enterprise Session Border Controller Installation and Platform Preparation Guide for installation instructions.

Image and Boot Loader Files

The Release 4.2.0 release uses the following ISO, image and boot loader files:

Table 1-1 Image and Bootloader Files

Component	Description
nnPCZ420-img.iso	ISO file
nnPCZ420.bz	Image file
nnPCZ420.boot	Boot loader
nnPCZ420-img-vm_kvm.tgz	Compressed image file including Communications Broker VNF for KVM virtual machines, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), AWS EC2.
nnPCZ420-img-vm_vmware.ova	Open Virtualization Archive (.ova) distribution of the Communications Broker VNF for ESXi virtual machines.
nnPCZ420-img-vm_vhd.tgz	Compressed image file including Communications Broker for Azure, as well as the legal.txt file

Cores and Threads

The following list shows the recommended number of cores and the expected number of SIP threads per platform. Note that the number of SIP threads may vary, depending on the configuration of your deployment.

VM—Recommended 8 cores. Yields 3 SIP threads.
Oracle Servers X8-2, and X9-2 — Recommended 16 cores. Yields 9 SIP threads.

Memory

Oracle recommends at least 16G memory for all Communications Broker Release 4.2.0 deployments.

While the above presents standard recommendations, optimum Communications Broker resource sizing depends individual deployments. Oracle recommends that you work with consulting and/or sales teams to determine the best sizing for your deployment.

Supported Hypervisors

Supported Hypervisor for Private Virtual Infrastructures in Communications Broker Release 4.2.0:

VMWare vSphere ESXi 7.0.
KVM
- Linux kernel version: 3.10.0-1127
- Library: libvirt 4.5.0
- API: QEMU 4.5.0
- Hypervisor: QEMU 1.5.3

Note:

Starting with Communications Broker Release 4.2.0, X7-2 is not supported as a VMWare hypervisor.