System requirements - BlueCat Integrity - 9.4.0

VM Installation Guide
Locale
English
Product name
BlueCat Integrity
Version
9.4.0

For optimum performance, BlueCat recommends reserving resources in your hypervisor for each specific DNS/DHCP Server and Address Manager VM.

CAUTION:
Exceeding the vCPU and vRAM settings listed below is a breach of BlueCat Networks licensing terms and may result in license penalty fees being owed.

BlueCat DNS/DHCP Server Virtual Machines

For DNS/DHCP Server VM deployments, a minimum free disk space of 160GB is required on the hypervisor or disk storage pool.
Product # of vCPUs Minimum

# of vCPUs

 Maximum

# of vCPUs

 CPU resource

allocation

(MHz)

 CPU clock

speed

(GHz)

 vRAM (GB) Network

adapters
BlueCat XMB3 2 1 2 1750 - 3500 1.75 2 3
DNS/DHCP Server 20 2 N/A N/A 3000 1.5 4 3
DNS/DHCP Server 45 2 N/A N/A 7000 3.5 8 3
DNS/DHCP Server 60 4 N/A N/A 12000 3.0 16 3
DNS/DHCP Server 100 12 N/A N/A 28800 2.4 32 3
BlueCat GEN4-2000 (BDDS25) 2 N/A N/A 76001 3.8 8 3
BlueCat GEN4-4000 (BDDS50) 4 N/A N/A 132002 3.3 16 3
BlueCat GEN4-5000 (BDDS75) 6

BlueCat recommends configuring 12 vCPU cores.

 6 12 19800 - 396003 3.3 32 3
BlueCat GEN4-7000 (BDDS125) 20

BlueCat recommends configuring 20 vCPU cores.

 20 40 44000 - 880004 2.2 32 - 64

BlueCat recommends configuring 64GB of vRAM.

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BlueCat Address Manager Virtual Machines

Address Manager VM images require 320GB of disk space.
Product # of vCPUs Minimum

# of vCPUs

 Maximum

# of vCPUs

 CPU resource

allocation

(MHz)

 CPU clock

speed

(GHz)

 vRAM (GB) Network

adapters
BlueCat Address Manager 1000 4 N/A N/A 2000 2.0 8 1
Note: BlueCat Address Manager 1000 only manages a maximum of 4 DNS/DHCP Servers.
BlueCat Address Manager 3000 8 N/A N/A 24000 3.0 16 1
BlueCat Address Manager 6000 16 N/A N/A 41600 2.6 32 1
BlueCat GEN4-5000 (BAM5000) 6

BlueCat recommends configuring 12 vCPU cores.

 6 12 19800 - 396005 3.3 32 3
BlueCat GEN4-7000 (BAM7000) 20

BlueCat recommends configuring 20 vCPU cores.

 20 40 44000 - 880006 2.2 32 - 64

BlueCat recommends configuring 64GB of vRAM.

 3

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.

1 Uses resources up to 7600 MHz
2 Uses resources up to 13200 MHz
3 Uses resources up to 19800 or 39600 MHz depending on the number of vCPUs configured
4 Uses resources up to 44000 or 88000 MHz depending on the number of vCPUs configured
5 Uses resources up to 19800 or 39600 MHz depending on the number of vCPUs configured
6 Uses resources up to 44000 or 88000 MHz depending on the number of vCPUs configured