Platform and Public Cloud Support
The Oracle Communications Subscriber-Aware Load Balancer (SLB) can be run on the platforms listed below.
Supported Hypervisors
The SLB supports the following hypervisors for version S-Cz9.0.0:
- KVM: Linux version 3.10.0-123 or later, with KVM/QEMU (2.9.0_16 or later) and libvirt (3.9.0_14 or later)
- VMware: vSphere ESXi (Version 6.5 or later)
Supported Public Cloud Platforms
In S-Cz9.0.0, you can run the SLB on the following public cloud platforms.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
OCI Cloud Shapes and options supported by this release are listed below. After deployment, you can change the shape of your machine by, for example, adding disks and interfaces.
| Shape | OCPUs/VCPUs | vNICs | Tx/Rx Queues | Max Forwarding Cores | DoS Protection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VM.Standard1.4 | 4/8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Y |
| VM.Standard1.8 | 8/16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | Y |
| VM.Standard2.4 | 4/8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Y |
| VM.Standard2.8 | 8/16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | Y |
Networking using image mode [SR-IOV mode - Native] is supported on OCI. PV and Emulated modes are not currently supported.
OpenStack Compatibility
Oracle distributes Heat templates for the Newton and Pike versions of OpenStack. Use the Newton template when running either the Newton or Ocata versions of OpenStack. Use the Pike template when running Pike or a later version of OpenStack.
Platform Hyperthreading Support
Of the supported hypervisors, only VMware does not expose SMT capability to the SLB. OCI enables SMT by default and exposes it to the SLB.