For optimum performance, BlueCat recommends reserving resources in your hypervisor for each specific DNS/DHCP Server and Address Manager VM.
BlueCat DNS/DHCP Server Virtual Machines
| Product | # of vCPUs |
CPU resource allocation (MHz) |
CPU clock speed GHz |
vRAM (GB) |
Network adapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlueCat XMB3 | 1 | 1750 | 1.75 | 2 | 3 |
| DNS/DHCP Server 20 | 2 | 3000 | 1.5 | 4 | 3 |
| DNS/DHCP Server 45 | 2 | 7000 | 3.5 | 8 | 3 |
| DNS/DHCP Server 60 | 4 | 12000 | 3.0 | 16 | 3 |
| DNS/DHCP Server 100 | 12 | 28800 | 2.4 | 32 | 3 |
| BlueCat GEN4-2000 (BDDS25) | 2 | 76001 | 3.8 | 8 | 3 |
| BlueCat GEN4-4000 (BDDS50) | 4 | 132002 | 3.3 | 16 | 3 |
| BlueCat GEN4-5000 (BDDS75) | 6-12 BlueCat recommends configuring 12 vCPU cores. |
198003 | 3.3 | 32 | 3 |
| BlueCat GEN4-7000 (BDDS125) | 12-20 BlueCat recommends configuring 16 vCPU cores. |
440004 | 2.2 | 32-64 BlueCat recommends configuring 64GB of vRAM. |
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BlueCat Address Manager Virtual Machines
| Product | # of vCPUs |
CPU resource allocation (MHz) |
CPU clock speed (GHz) |
vRAM (GB) |
Network adapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlueCat Address Manager 1000 | 1 | 2000 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 |
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Note: BlueCat Address Manager 1000 only manages a maximum of 4 DNS/DHCP Servers.
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| BlueCat Address Manager 3000 | 8 | 24000 | 3.0 | 16 | 1 |
| BlueCat Address Manager 6000 | 16 | 41600 | 2.6 | 32 | 1 |
| BlueCat GEN4-5000 (BAM5000) | 6-12 BlueCat recommends configuring 12 vCPU cores. |
198005 | 3.3 | 32 | 3 |
| BlueCat GEN4-7000 (BAM7000) | 12-20 BlueCat recommends configuring 16 vCPU cores. |
440006 | 2.2 | 32-64 BlueCat recommends configuring 64GB of vRAM. |
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The CPU resource reservation is determined by multiplying the number of vCPUs by the clock speed. For example, a DNS/DHCP Server 60 would require 4x 3.0 GHz = 12 GHz = 12,000 MHz.