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Appliance Virtualization Platform overview

From Release 7.0, Avaya uses the VMware®-based Avaya Aura® Appliance Virtualization Platform to provide virtualization for Avaya Aura® applications in Avaya Aura® Virtualized Appliance offer.

Avaya Aura® Virtualized Appliance offer includes:

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The introduction of Spectre and Meltdown fixes with the Avaya Aura® Release 7.1.3 has an impact on S8300D scalability performances. A Survivable Remote configuration for Communication Manager LSP and Branch Session Manager with the Spectre and Meltdown fixes enabled can only support 200 users with up to 500 BHCC traffic.

Since the Spectre and Meltdown fixes are enabled by default, consider configuration changes to upgrade to the Release 7.1.3.

Consider the following options if the higher capacity is required from the S8300D:

  • Disable Spectre and Meltdown fixes on S8300D. This allows the S8300D to deliver the same level of capacity as in the Avaya Aura® Release 7.1.2 and before.

  • Upgrade the embedded server to the latest S8300E model if disabling fixes on the S8300D is not viable.

For more information about Spectre and Meltdown fixes included in Avaya Aura® Release 7.1.3, see PSN020346u on the Avaya Support site at: https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/101048606.

Appliance Virtualization Platform is the customized OEM version of VMware® ESXi 6.0. With Appliance Virtualization Platform, customers can run any combination of supported applications on Avaya-supplied servers. Appliance Virtualization Platform provides greater flexibility in scaling customer solutions to individual requirements.


Appliance Virtualization platform in Avaya Aura 7.0

From Avaya Aura® Release 7.0 and later, Appliance Virtualization Platform replaces System Platform.

You can deploy the following applications on Appliance Virtualization Platform:

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For deploying Avaya Aura® applications on Appliance Virtualization Platform only use Solution Deployment Manager.