Purpose

Last Updated : Jun 25, 2026 |
Prolog information
This document is for implementation engineers and other personnel who deploy CMS. They can use this document to install a Avaya Call Management System (CMS) server as a virtual machine on a hypervisor server.
The supported options are:
Avaya Solutions Platform
Platform Hypervisor
CMSR20.x
CMS R21.x
ASP 130 R6
KVM
ASP 130 R5
VMware

Alternate hypervisor deployment options

  • You can deploy CMS as a virtual machine on Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Refer to the separate Deploying Avaya Call Management System in an Infrastructure as a Service Environment manual.
  • When deploying CMS on a customer-provided hypervisor, you can use VMware. This is supported on:
    • VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0 update 2
    • VMware vCenter Server 7.0 update 2
    • VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0
    • VMware vCenter Server 8.0