Introduction

1 Introduction

Oracle SD-WAN Edge for virtual environments has two download packages. The VT800 package supports up to 32 devices as a Network Controller Node (NCN). The VT800-128 package supports up to 128 devices as a NCN.

Multiple Virtual Appliance VMs can be supported on a single, physical platform, provided each VM is supplied with sufficient dedicated resources.

The following requirements are per Virtual Appliance VM depending on the appliance model and installed license.

Supported Environments

	VMware ESXi	Microsoft Hyper-V	OCI	Microsoft Azure	KVM
Software Version	6.5 or higher	Windows Server 2012 R2 or higher	VM.Standard.2.4 or higher	DS13 v2 or higher, Disk: P10 or higher	qemu-kvm-1.5.3-167.el7 or higher
CPU Requirements	64 Bit, 2.1GHz or better, AES-NI, Intel Xeon Skylake CPUs or better	64 Bit, 2.1 GHz or better, AES-NI, Intel Xeon Skylake CPU’s or better	Refer to VM.Standard.2.4 specifications	Refer to DS13 v2 specifications	64 Bit, 2.2 GHz or better, AES-NI, Intel Xeon Skylake, Intel Atom Denverton CPU’s or better

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Environments suggested above denote minimum recommended configurations. Any configurations that does not meet these requirements is NOT supported. Please refer to Virtual Machine Performance Specifications and Public Cloud Performance Specifications for details.

Virtual Machine Performance Specifications

The following table lists the performance specifications for supported virtual machines.

Platform	Appliance Model	Max Performance Levels	Dedicated VCPUs	RAM	Minimum Processor Ghz
Hyper-V	VT800	20 Mbps	4	8 GB	2.10 Ghz
Hyper-V	VT800	200 Mbps	10	10 GB	2.10 Ghz
Hyper-V	VT800-128	200 Mbps	10	32 GB	2.10 Ghz
ESXi	VT800	20 Mbps	4	4 GB	2.10 Ghz [1]
ESXi	VT800	1 Gbps	8	16 GB	2.10 Ghz [1]
ESXi	VT800-128	1 Gbps	8	32 GB	2.10 Ghz [1]
ESXi	VT800-128	2 Gbps	14	32 GB	2.10 Ghz [1]
KVM	VT800	100 Mbps	4	4 GB	2.20 Ghz [2]
KVM	VT800	400 Mbps	8	8 GB	2.20 Ghz [3]
KVM	VT800	1 Gbps	8	16 GB	2.30 Ghz [4]
KVM	VT800	2.5 Gbps	16	16 GB	2.30 Ghz [5]

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[1] For performance levels up to 1 Gbps with ESXi, Intel Silver 4114 or better is required.

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[2] For performance level for 100 Mbps with KVM, Intel Atom Denverton C3558 or better is required.

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[3] For performance level for 400 Mbps with KVM, Intel Atom Denverton C3758 or better is required.

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[4]

For performance levels above 400 Mbps and up to 1 Gbps with KVM, Intel Silver 4114 or better is required.

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[5] For performance levels above 1 Gbps and up to 2.5 Gbps with KVM, Intel Gold 5218 or better is required/

Table 1-1 Public Cloud Specifications

Platform	Appliance Model	License Level	Dedicated VCPUs	RAM	Minimum Processor Ghz	Instance Type
Azure	VT800	500 Mbps	8	56 GB	2.4 Ghz	DS13 v2
Azure	VT800-128	500 Mbps	8	56 GB	2.4 Ghz	DS13 v2
OCI	VT800	1 Gbps	16	120 GB	2.0 Ghz	VM.Standard2.8
OCI	VT800-128	1 Gbps	16	120 GB	2.0 Ghz	VM.Standard2.8
OCI Note: The information in this row applies to the R9.1.1.1.0 patch and newer.	VT800	3 Gbps	16	112 GB	3.0 Ghz	VM.Optimzed3
OCI Note: The information in this row applies to the R9.1.1.1.0 patch and newer.	VT800-128	3 Gbps	16	112 GB	3.0 Ghz	VM.Optimzed3

Configuration Guidelines and Caveats

Oracle recommends Directly Attached Storage (DAS) for all Virtual Appliances.
Storage requirements for a virtual appliance depend on its role and the functions supported. The following list shows minimum disk space requirements:
- Edge software as a Client without WAN Op – 40 GB
- Edge software as an NCN without WAN Op – 100 GB
- Edge software as a Client with WAN Op – 120 GB
- Edge software as an NCN with WAN Op – 180 GB
Note:
The preceding space requirements do not include the host OS and hypervisor space requirements.
ESXi and Hyper-V Virtual instances require at least 1 shared or dedicated management interface.
KVM based environments require a dedicated management interface.
Virtual Appliances require at least 1 dedicated, but not more than 7 total, non-management network interfaces.
Virtual Appliances require CPU’s, RAM and disk resource to be dedicated for those instances only.
Virtual Appliances deployed without dedicated (pinned) resources is not supported.
Virtual Appliances must be allocated with pinned CPU resources from same NUMA node to achieve the performance levels you want.
Intel Atom CPU-based virtual instances are not supported as NCN.
Service chaining Oracle SD-WAN virtual instances with other products is not supported, unless preapproved by Oracle.
Any configurations with performance levels below 500 Mbps are not supported as NCN.
All Virtual Deployments must adhere to the configurations and optimizations specified in the Virtual Appliance Installation Guide. Oracle does not support configurations that deviate from the installation guide.

Upgrading from VT800 to VT800-128

An existing VT800 instance cannot be converted directly into a VT800-128. To upgrade a site from a VT800 to a VT800-128, deploy a new virtual appliance and cut over when ready, as with hardware appliance upgrades.

WAN Optimization System Specifications

WAN Optimization is supported on VT800s running Edge 7.3 P3 or above and VT800-128s running Edge 7.3 P4 or above at the following levels with the specified resources.

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For Disk size recommendations please refer to the "Configuration Guidelines and Caveats" section in "Virtual Machine Specifications."

Platform	Max Performance Levels	WANOp Capacity	VCPUs	RAM	Max WANOp Sessions	Cloud Instance Type
VMWare ESXi	2 Gbps	200 Mbps	14 (2.10GHz)	16GB (VT800-128: 32GB)	10,000	NA
Microsoft Hyper-V	200 Mbps	100 Mbps	10 (2.10GHz)	10GB	5,000	NA
KVM	1 Gbps	500 Mbps	8 (2.30 GHz)	16 GB	10,000	NA
OCI	1 Gbps	500 Mbps	16 (2 GHz)	60 GB	10,000	VM.Standard.2.8
Microsoft Azure	500 Mbps	100 Mbps	8 (2.4 GHz)	56 GB	16,000	DS13 v2

Support for Virtual Appliances

Before calling or emailing for support, please ensure that your Virtual Appliance deployment matches the above specifications. Configurations outside of this scope cannot be supported.