KVM Hypervisor

Follow these instructions to deploy Oracle SD-WAN Edge Virtual Appliance on Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).

• Install virtual manager on the KVM
• Configure LAN and WAN Bridges
• Use CPU affinity to pin the VM vCPU to physical CPUs

1. Login to the KVM server and create a new virtual machine.
2. Open Virtual Manager (Application, System Tools, Virtual Machine Manager).
3. From the File menu, click on New Virtual Machine.
4. Select Import existing disk image as the installation type.
5. Click on Forward.
6. Enter the storage path where qcow2 image for vt800 or vt800_128 is available.
7. Enter 16GB for the RAM configuration (32GB for vt800_128) and 8 for the CPU configuration.
8. Click on Forward.
9. Enter a name for the virtual machine. Alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), periods (.), and hyphens (-) are allowed.
10. Click on the checkbox before Customize configuration before install.
11. Click on Finish.
12. Click on the Add Hardware button and select Storage from the menu on the left.
13. Enter 180GB as the storage disk size.
14. Click on Finish.
15. Select Interface (Management), which begins with NIC:.

    Note:

    Use Host devices like eno1: macvtap" for the management interfaces, and host devices like ens1f0:macvtap for APN-facing interfaces
16. Make the network source value Host device <no.>:macvtap.
17. Make the source mode Bridge.
18. Make the device model Virtio.
19. Click on Apply.
20. Click on Add Hardware.
21. Click on Network from the menu on the left.
22. Create a virtual interface using one of the following methods:
    1. mactvap: Select host device <no.>:macvtap as the network source.
    2. Linux bridge: Follow the instructions in Create Linux/Networking Bridge and then select Bridge lanbr<no.>: Host Device ens<no.> as the network source.
23. Select Bridge as the Source Mode.
24. Select Virtio as the Device Model.
25. Click on Finish.
26. Click on Begin Installation.
27. Enter your credentials.
28. Enter the following commands to set the Management IP

    $tcon
    $management_ip
    $set interface <ip_address> <subnet_mask> <gateway>
    apply

29. Power off the instance, then power it back on.
30. Login to SD-WAN Edge.