Radware DefensePro VA, Installation And Maintenance Manual

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DefensePro VA Installation and Maintenance Guide
DefensePro VA Installation and Configuration
Document ID: RDWR-DPVA_IG2005
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Note: Optimize the VM for best DefensePro VA performance. Radware recommends optimizing
the VM running DefensePro VA as follows:
— Pinning the DefensePro VA vCPUs to physical cores/hyperthreads and not let them be shared
with other VMs, and to prevent the hypervisor from moving them. Memory over-subscription
is discouraged.
— In a hyperthreaded environment, it is best to configure an even number of DefensePro
engines and allocate whole physical cores (both hyperthreads on each physical core) for
DefensePro VA, and not mix them with other VMs.
— On a host with multiple CPUs using the NUMA architecture, Radware recommends assigning
all DefensePro VA vCPUs to cores/hyperthreads on the same NUMA node.
Core Pinning
In order to optimize performance, it is suggested to set core pinning in VMware.
a. In the virtual machine, go to the
Resource tab.
b. Select Advanced CPU .
c. In the Hyperthread Core Sharing area, set the Mode parameter to Internal .
d. In the Scheduling Affinity area, enter the physical processor affinity (CPU Pinning) range.
(For example, 10-19, as shown in the screen below.)