ucce testlab

[deepakkaushikk1]

please help me out in order to set up the test lab and answer  my below :

• hardware configuration required for sprawler
• hardware configuration required for cvp call server, vxml and ops console coresident in same machine.
• what all licenses i need and how i can get it

BR,

Deepak

[Ramamoorthy Shanmugam]

Hi,

  what is the hardware currently you have . Before you need Hardware and Cisco software .

 Few Applications will come demo license for 30 /60 days .

After 8.5.4 you can not install CVP call/vxml and OPS in the same server .

1. CVP CALL+VXML+MEDIA – 30 License will support for 30 days
2. OPS console separate serer – License no need

ICM you need only software , no need to for License . below is the minimum Hardware requirement for Version 10.5 /11.0.1

For more details please check the below links.

http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_CCE_Solution_Compatibility_Matrix_for_11.0(x)

http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Virtualization_for_Unified_CCE

 Below is the example .

CPU CORE	CORE 1	CORE 2	CORE 3	CORE 4	CORE 5	CORE 6	CORE 7	CORE 8
APPLICATION	CVPCALLVXML-1				SPRAWLER-A
VERSION	10.5				10.5
vCPU	4				4
vMEM	4 GB				6 GB
vDISK	1 x 150 GB				1 x 500 GB, 1 x 150 GB
vNIC	1				1
OS	WINDOWS 2008 R2				WINDOWS 2008 R2
OS TYPE	64 bit				64 bit
HOSTNAME	labcvp1				labprgra
DNS SUFFIX	172.x.x.x				172.x.x.x.
DOMAIN	UCCEDomain.com				UCCEDomain.com
IP ADDRESS	172.x.x.x				172.x.x.x
SUBNET	255.255.255.0				255.255.255.0
DEFAUT GW	172.x.x.x				172.x.x.x

 Ramamoorthy 

[deepakkaushikk1]

thank you so much for you swift response Ramamoorthy !!

as i am preparing lab in my home only want to prepare  my laptops only  

1. is it possible ?
2. i have read somewhere that sprawler can work in 1gb ram and can run in1 core, is it true ?
3. i will install cvp 8 or 8.5 so i can have call server+vxml server+media server+ops console in same machine. for lab use only can it be possible in 4 gb ram of my laptop?
4. how can i get the demo licenses of CVP ?

Best Regards,

Deepak

[Ramamoorthy Shanmugam]

Hi ,

 You can install your laptop but 4 GB RAM , if you use the same laptop for regular use may be you will face the Performance issues  .

Demo license – Without Cisco CCO account you cannot get . You may need to register with help of your sales Eng or Organization .

 by default will come 30 ports with 30 days . later you can the change the Server date - it will work  for lab purpose .

Ramamoorthy.

[deepakkaushikk1]

Dear Ramamoorthy,

4 gb dedicated ram required for sprawler or CVP (call server+vxml server+media server+ops console in same machine)

Deepak

[Ramamoorthy Shanmugam]

Hi,

  4 GB RAM is enough for Lab setup.  CVP 2 GB + ICM 2 GB .

But as per cisco recommendation for 8.5.x minimum Required 4 GB RAM for ICM . 4 GB for CVP call /VXML and 2 GB for OPS console .

Since you are using Lab so, you can use whatever you have .

If possible can can add 4 GB extra RAM .otherwise no issues .

[deepakkaushikk1]

Dear Ramamoorthy,

your answers are really very helpful for me.

frankly speeking ram is not issue for me to create tlhe lab issue is with Core. can i proceed to setup  cvp and icm sprawler with 1 core each or i need more core for cvp or icm ?

Deepak

[Ramamoorthy Shanmugam]

Hi,

 Total how many core you have if 16 core  , Put 4 core for CVP and 4 core for ICM .

if you have 8 - PUT 2 + 2 .

[Brian Gunderson]

For a lab environment you don't need to use CPU reservation and you may oversubscribe your CPU since you won't have any real amount of load because you will have nearly zero call volume. Just the overhead of the OS's and applications plus the few test calls you make into your lab. So kind of "forget" the concept of "how many cores" and focus instead on how many CPU cycles each VM is going to be consuming. Again just for a lab environment.

[bikramjsb]

Ramamoorthy,

Can you please share how did you manage to setup SPRAWLER in 6 GB only? And is this for v10.5?

I was checking the virtualization portal for UCCE v10.5 and for example,  HDS needs 8 GB of RAM. So my question is - how did you manage to include that in SPRAWLER with 6 GB? Did the install not fail? OR did you run into any issues while executing calls?

Thanks.

[Ramamoorthy Shanmugam]

We used for Lab purpose and it was succeed .  

For this setup we  did not used OVA template , you  have to set all the Hardware settings   by manually ( like , RAM , CPU ,HDD , NIC )

Version is 10.0.1 then migrated to 10.5.1