Functional differences when installing CMS in a virtualized environment

Last Updated : Jul 17, 2025 |
When deploying CMS in an virtualized environment, it operates almost identically to a CMS deployment on a hardware server using the Linux operating system. This section describes a few of the functional areas that are different when deploying CMS in a virtualized environment.
Prolog information

Hardware

CMS deployment on VMware supports both customer-provided servers or Avaya-provided Avaya Solutions Platform 130 R5 servers. For more information about Avaya Solutions Platform hardware, refer to the Avaya Solutions Platform 130/S8300 Overview and Specification documentation.
For VMware-certified compatibility guides and product interoperability matrices, see https://www.vmware.com/guides.html.

Software media for Avaya Solutions Platform deployments

As of CMS Release 21.x, you can use the KVM OVA for Avaya Solutions Platform deployments and customer-provided deployments.