Installation guide

184 Planning and Installation Guide ShoreTel 14.2
Server Requirements Hardware Requirements for VMware Installation
10
Hardware Requirements for VMware Installation
Table 37 provides information about server requirements for installing ShoreTel Headquarters and
DVS on servers with VMware.
Operating System Requirements for VMware
This section lists the operating systems ShoreTel supports that you can use with VMware. You can
install these operating systems on both headquarters and distributed voice servers.
ShoreTel supports the following operating systems in enterprise environments:
 Windows Server 2008 32-bit, SP2 (Standard, Enterprise)
 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1, 64-bit, (Standard, Enterprise)
VMware Software Requirements
ShoreTel supports the use of VMware on both headquarters servers and distributed voice servers. You
can install the following versions of VMware on headquarters servers and distributed voice servers:
 VMware ESXi 4.0 for High Availability or VMotion configurations.
 VMware ESXi 4.1 for High Availability or VMotion configurations.
 VMware ESXi 5.0 for High Availability or VMotion configurations.
 VMware ESXi 5.1 for High Availability or VMotion configurations.
Virtual Desktop Services
ShoreTel does not support the use of VMware® Horizon View™ (formerly known as VMware View) or
any other desktop virtualization tool on headquarters servers or distributed voice servers.
Table 37: VMware Hardware Recommendations
Size
Cores
per VM
Processor RAM
Hard Disk
for HQ
VMWare
Server
Hard Disk
Size for
DVS
VMWare
Server
SBE 2 Quad-core Intel Xeon X550, 2.66 GHz 4 GB 60 GB 40GB
Small 2 Intel® Core 2 Duo E8400, Single
DualCore 3.00 GHz
4 GB 60 GB 40 GB
Medium 4 Intel® Xeon 5520 Single QuadCore
2.27 GHz
8 GB 150 GB 80 GB
Large 8 Intel® Xeon 5520 Dual QuadCore 2.27
GHz
8 GB 260 GB 130 GB