Mediant Virtual Edition (VE) SBC - AudioCodes

Installation Manual

AudioCodes MediantTM Family of Session Border Controllers (SBC)

Mediant Virtual Edition (VE) SBC

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Contents

Table of Contents

1 Introduction .........................................................................................................9

1.1 Mediant VE SBC Offered Flavors ...........................................................................9 1.2 Product Package ..................................................................................................10

2 Installation Prerequisites..................................................................................11

2.1 Host Server ..........................................................................................................11 2.2 Mediant VE SBC Virtual Machine .........................................................................12 2.3 Virtual Networking Configuration ..........................................................................13

3 Installing the Mediant VE SBC .........................................................................15

3.1 Configuring the Server's BIOS..............................................................................15

3.2 Installing Mediant VE SBC on VMware vSphere ESXi..........................................15

3.2.1 3.2.2

VMware vSphere ESXi Ver. 6.0 and Earlier ............................................................15 3.2.1.1 Deploying the OVF Template File ............................................................16 3.2.1.2 Adjusting the Virtual Machine to Chosen Mediant VE SBC .....................18 3.2.1.3 Starting Mediant VE SBC .........................................................................21 VMware vSphere ESXi Ver. 6.5 and Later ..............................................................22 3.2.2.1 Deploying the OVF Template File ............................................................22 3.2.2.2 Adjusting the Virtual Machine to Chosen Mediant VE SBC .....................25 3.2.2.3 Starting Mediant VE SBC .........................................................................26

3.3 Installing Mediant VE SBC on KVM ......................................................................27

3.3.1 3.3.2

3.3.3 3.3.4

Adjusting Linux Host's Settings ...............................................................................27 Installing and Configuring Networking on Linux Host ..............................................28 3.3.2.1 Installing and Configuring Open vSwitch on Linux Host ..........................28 3.3.2.2 Installing and Configuring SR-IOV on Linux Host ....................................30 Deploying the QCOW2 Image .................................................................................32 Configuring Virtual Machine to Operate with Hyper-Threading...............................40

3.4 Installing Mediant VE SBC on OpenStack ............................................................41

3.4.1 3.4.2 3.4.3

3.4.4 3.4.5 3.4.6

Creating a Flat Provider Network ............................................................................41 Creating a Mediant VE SBC Image .........................................................................42 Creating Mediant VE SBC Flavors ..........................................................................42 3.4.3.1 Binding Mediant VE SBC Instances to Physical CPU Cores ...................42 3.4.3.2 Configuring Virtual CPU Topology ...........................................................42 3.4.3.3 Adjusting to Compute Nodes with Multiple CPU Sockets ........................43 3.4.3.4 Adjusting to Compute Nodes with Hyper-Threading Enabled..................43 Creating a Mediant VE SBC Security Group ...........................................................43 Deploying the Mediant VE SBC Instance ................................................................43 Using SR-IOV Network Interfaces ...........................................................................44

3.5 Installing Mediant VE SBC on Microsoft Hyper-V .................................................45

3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.5.5

Updating Windows Server 2016 ..............................................................................45 Disabling Virtual Machine Queues (VMQ) on Broadcom Adapters .........................45 Installing the Virtual Machine...................................................................................46 Adjusting Virtual Machine to Chosen Mediant VE Flavor ........................................51 Starting the Mediant VE SBC ..................................................................................51

3.6 Deploying Mediant VE SBC in Amazon AWS .......................................................52

3.7 Configuring Console Access Method....................................................................53

3.8 Reconfiguring Default IP Address to Match Network Settings...............................54

3.9 Adding Transcoding Capabilities ..........................................................................56

3.10 Identifying Incompatible Hardware Components...................................................56

3.11 Changing MAC Addresses from 'Dynamic' to 'Static' ............................................57

3.11.1 Changing MAC Addresses to 'Static' in Microsoft Hyper-V .....................................57

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3.12 Ensuring Optimal Performance.............................................................................58 3.13 Installing a High-Availability System .....................................................................59 4 Licensing the Product.......................................................................................61 4.1 Obtaining and Activating a Purchased License Key..............................................62 4.2 Installing the License Key .....................................................................................64 4.3 Product Key..........................................................................................................64 A Configuring the Network ..................................................................................65 A.1 Virtual NIC Types .................................................................................................65 A.2 Changing the Number of Virtual NIC Adapters .....................................................65 A.3 Virtual Network Configuration ...............................................................................66 B Rescue Options .................................................................................................67

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List of Tables

Table 2-1: Host Server (Hypervisor) Specifications ...............................................................................11 Table 2-2: Mediant VE SBC Virtual Machine Specifications ..................................................................12 Table 3-1: Default IP Address ................................................................................................................54

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