Administrator Guide

18 | Installing or Upgrading to 6.6 on a Virtual Machine| Tech Note
Supported Hyper-V Versions
The following Microsoft Hyper-V versions are supported:
l Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
l Hyper-V on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
CP-SW-EVAL (Evaluation VHDX)
l 2 Virtual CPUs
l 4 GB RAM
l 80 GB disk space
CP-VA-500 (500 Virtual Appliance VHDX)
l 8 Virtual CPUs
n Underlying CPUis recommended to have a PassMark® of 3000 or higher
l 8 GB RAM
l Disk space:
n 500 GB disk space required for existing deployments (upgrading from 6.5.x)
n 1000 GB disk space recommended for new deployments
l 2 Gigabit virtual switched ports
l Functional IOP rating for a 40-60 read/write profile for 4K random read/write = 75
CP-VA-5K (5K Virtual Appliance VHDX)
l 8 Virtual CPUs
n Underlying is recommended to have a PassMark® of 9600 or higher
l 8 GB RAM
l Disk space:
n 1000 GB disk
l 2 Gigabit virtual switched ports
l Functional IOP rating for a 40-60 read/write profile for 4K random read/write = 105
CP-VA-25K (25K Virtual Appliance VHDX)
l 24 Virtual CPUs
n Underlying CPUs are recommended to have a PassMark® of 9900 or higher
l 64 GB RAM
l Disk space:
n 1800 GB disk
l 2 Gigabit virtual switched ports
l Functional IOP rating for a 40-60 read/write profile for 4K random read/write = 350
Installing W-ClearPass Policy Manager on a Hyper-V Virtual Machine
After you download and unzip the W-ClearPass 6.6 Hyper-V software package Zip files, follow the instructions
in this section to deploy the W-ClearPass files, add a new hard disk, and power on and configure the VM: