The following table lists the supported KVM versions of Avaya Aura® applications:
Avaya Solutions Platform (KVM on RHEL 8.10) |
Avaya Aura® Release |
8.1.x |
10.1.x |
10.2.x |
KVM Release 8.10 |
Y |
Y Not supported for Session Manager Not supported for System Manager |
Y |
Note:
Avaya Solutions Platform 130 and Avaya Solutions Platform S8300 R6.0.x are Avaya-supplied KVM on RHEL 8.10. The Avaya Solutions Platform 130 can be either a Dell R660xs or Dell R640. The Dell R660xs only ships with and supports KVM on RHEL 8.10. The initial Release of Avaya Solutions Platform 130 Release 4.0 supported Avaya-supplied ESXi 6.5 and Avaya Solutions Platform 130/S8300 R5.x supported Avaya-supplied ESXi 7.0.
Avaya Solutions Platform 130 and Avaya Solutions Platform S8300 R6.0.x software is KVM on RHEL 8.10. The Avaya Solutions Platform 130 Dell R660xs server only supports KVM on RHEL 8.10. The Avaya Solutions Platform 130 Dell R640 and the ASP S8300 S8300E support both ESXi 7.0 and KVM on RHEL 8.10. Avaya Solutions Platform 130 Dell R640 Release 4.0 supported ESXi 6.5
Avaya Solutions Platform 130 Release 6.0 (Dell PowerEdge R640, R660xs) is a single host server with a preinstalled KVM on RHEL R8.10 software.
Avaya Solutions Platform S8300 Release 6.0 is shipped with a preinstalled Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) R8.10 for Communication Manager and Branch Session Manager.
Avaya Solutions Platform130 Release 6.0.x (Dell PowerEdge R640, R660xs, S8300E) is a single host server with preinstalled KVM on RHEL R8.10 software.
With the introduction of Avaya Solutions Platform R6.0.x there is no longer a specific license key needed as was present with Avaya Solutions Platform 5.1.x and earlier versions running on ESXi. However, it is imperative that customers have a record in PLDS for each and every instance of the server hypervisor as customers and Avaya will be subject to audits to ensure right to use royalties have been paid.