Platform Support
The E-CZ8.1.0 software supports the following platforms.
Acme Packet Engineered Hardware
- Acme Packet 1100
- Acme Packet 3900
- Acme Packet 4600
- Acme Packet 6300
- Acme Packet 6350
Qualified Hypervisors
Oracle qualified the following components for deploying version E-CZ8.1.0 as a Virtual Network Function.
- XEN 4.4: Specifically using Oracle Virtual Machine (OVM) 3.4.2
- KVM: Using version
embedded in Oracle Linux 7 with RHCK3.10
Note the use of the following KVM component versions:
- QEMU
- 2.9.0-16.el7_4.13.1 for qemu-img-ev, qemu-kvm-ev
- 3.9.0-14.el7_5.2 for libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
- LIBVERT
- 3.90-14-el7_5.2 for all components except -
- 3.2.0-3.el7_4.1 for libvirt-python
- QEMU
- VMware: Using ESXI 6.5 u1 on VMware vCenter Server
- Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 R2 (Generation 1)
Supported Ethernet Controller/Driver/Input-Output Modes
The following table lists supported Ethernet Controllers (chipset families) and their supported driver. Reference the host hardware specifications where you run your hypervisor to learn the Ethernet controller in use.
| Ethernet Controller | Driver | PV | SR-IOV | PCI Passthrough |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel 82599 / X520 / X540 | ixgbe | WM | M | M |
| Intel i210 / i350 | igb | WM | M | M |
| Intel X710 / XL710 | i40e | WM | M | M |
| Broadcom (Qlogic Everest) | bnx2x | WM | - | - |
| Broadcom BCM57417 | bnxt | WM | - | - |
- W - wancom interface
- M - media interface
Supported Cloud Computing Platforms
- OpenStack (including support for Heat template versions "Mitaka" and "Newton")