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Chapter 3 Hardware and Software Requirements
Server Requirements
VMware Server Requirements
In a production environment, Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced server is supported on
VMware ESXi 4.x or 5.x running on a host machine that is compliant with Cisco’s Specifications-Based
Hardware Support program (described at
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Specification-Based_Hardware_Support).
Note The following points:
• Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced server is not supported in HyperV or any other
virtualization products other than VMware.
• Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced does not run on a copy (clone) of a virtual machine.
• For more information about VMware requirements, feature support and services visit:
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_VMware_Requirements.
VMware Guest Machine Requirements
Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced server has the following minimum VMware instance (guest
machine) requirements:
• 1x vCPU unrestricted
• 4 GB RAM
• 40 GB of available hard disk space
Note You can download an OVA template configured with the above specifications from the following
location:
http://software.cisco.com/download/release.html?mdfid=284373299&flowid=33202&softwareid=2839
10832&release=8.x-9.x&relind=AVAILABLE&rellifecycle=&reltype=latest.
VMware Software Requirements
Cisco Unified Attendant Console Advanced server running on a virtual machine requires one of the
following activated operating systems, with Windows regional settings set to English:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R1 (32-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
Note The following:
• 64-bit installations are supported only in conjunction with Cisco Unified Communications Manager
versions 8.5(1) to 10.0(1).
• Windows 2012 is only supported on Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.0(1).
• Windows 2012 R2 is not supported.