The ASP R6.0.x program introduces a new hypervisor and updated server hardware. In June 2024, Broadcom made the strategic decision to discontinue its Embedded OEM program. As Avaya is an Embedded OEM partner of VMware, this decision impacted the ASP 130 and ASP S8300 solutions leading to the necessity of identifying a new hypervisor. The ASP R6.0.x program introduces KVM on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 (KVM on RHEL 8.10). In addition to the new hypervisor, ASP R6.0.x also introduces an updated server hardware platform with the Dell R660xs. All ASP R6.0.x solutions (ASP 130 and ASP S8300) only ship with the new KVM on RHEL 8.10 hypervisor.
Important:
ESXi is not supported on ASP R6.0.x.
To ensure a smooth transition, Avaya has developed a migration path from earlier versions of ASP 130 or ASP S8300 running on VMware. For more information, see PSN020640u – Avaya Solutions Platform R6.0.x Introduction.
For existing Installed ASP 130 Release and ASP S8300 Release 5.1 VMware Systems: Broadcom continues to provide critical security patches for currently installed VMware ESXI 7.0 systems on Avaya’s ASP 5.1.x platform.
Existing ASP 130 (Dell R640) have a migration path to ASP R6.0.x KVM on RHEL 8.10 while maintaining investments in the existing Dell R640 hardware platform.
Existing ASP S8300 5.1.x have a migration path to ASP R6.0.x KVM on RHEL 8.10.
