Cisco Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise 8.5(3) Troubleshooting Guide

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VMware Deployment Checklist for UCCE
Document ID: 116092
Contributed by Steve Hartman and Joe Snyder, Cisco TAC Engineers.
May 16, 2013
Contents
Introduction
Prerequisites
     Requirements
     Components Used
     Conventions
UCS Level
     Drivers, Firmware, and BIOS
VMware Level
     Disable Interrupt Remapping
     Disable LRO Settings in ESXi
Virtual Machine Level
     Disable TCP Chimney, TCP Offload Engine, NetDMA, RSS, and IPv6 on All VMs
     Windows 2003, 2008, and 2008R2 Servers
     Windows 2008 and 2008R
Related Information
Introduction
This document outlines the checklist for VMware deployment on Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise
(UCCE) and the steps to take in order to disable or enable specific settings at these levels:
UCS
• 
VMware
• 
Virtual Machine
• 
Prerequisites
Requirements
Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of these topics:
Cisco Unified Computer System (UCS), Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC), and Cisco
UCS Manager
• 
ESXi and VMware
• 
Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
• 
Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE)
• 
Unified communications
• 
Components Used
This document is not restricted to specific software and hardware versions.