To run Media Gateway/SRT Gateway under a VMware platform:
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Download the Virtual Machine Release Package from Haivision's Support Portal and extract the files.
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Import the .OVA file into VMware's vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 or greater.
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Configure the virtual host to meet the following minimum VM specifications:
|
SKU |
vCPUs |
RAM |
HDD for OS and apps* |
|---|---|---|---|
|
VM-MG-100/VM-SG-100 |
4 |
8 GB |
100 GB |
|
VM-MG-200/VM-SG-200 |
8 |
16 GB |
100 GB |
|
VM-MG-500/VM-SG-500 |
16 |
16 GB |
100 GB |
|
VM-SG-UL |
32 |
32 GB |
100 GB |
*Thin provision recommended.
Note
Haivision VM images use two disks: Disk 1 is thin-provisioned and set up to grow up to 100GB; Disk 2 is thin-provisioned up to 10GB and should be replaced by your organization's preferred asset storage, NFS mount, or VM storage disk.
Recommended load usecases for the above specifications (based on 10-Mbps source, using SRT or UDP as the transport protocol):
|
SKU |
Bandwidth |
# of Routes/# of Destinations |
|---|---|---|
|
VM-MG-100/VM-SG-100 |
100 Mbps |
|
|
VM-MG-200/VM-SG-200 |
200 Mbps |
|
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VM-MG-500/VM-SG-500 |
500 Mbps |
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VM-SG-UL |
3000 Mbps |
|
Important
Reserve sufficient virtual resources (CPU, RAM, NIC, and HD) to avoid adverse effects to system performance.
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Power on the virtual machine.