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C H A P T E R 3 Preinstallation Tasks • Preinstall Tasks for Unified Communications Manager on VMware vSphere ESXi, on page 35 • Preinstall Tasks for Cisco Unified Communications Manager on Cisco NFVIS-for-UC, on page 37 • Preinstall Tasks for Cisco Unified Communications Manager on Nutanix AHV, on page 38 • Preinstall Tasks for IM and Presence Service on VMware vSphere ESXi, on page 39 • Preinstall Tasks for IM and Presence Service on Cisco NFVIS-for-UC, on page 40 • Preinstall Tasks for IM and Presence Service on Nutanix AHV, on page 41 Preinstall Tasks for Unified Communications Manager on VMware vSphere ESXi Procedure Purpose Command or Action Review the Planning chapter. Make sure to review the following: Planning the Installation, on page 3 Step 1 • Decide on your Unified CM and IM and Presence Service cluster Topology. • Decide on the Hypervisor version that you want and its supported hardware. • Pick an installation method supported by Hypervisor. Review the installation requirements and record the configuration settings for each server that you plan to install. Required Installation Information, on page 27 Step 2 Create virtual machines. Step 3 • Get base OVA. An example OVA file name is: cucm_15_all_esxi_vmv17_or_nfvis_v1.0.sha512.ova. Note Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the IM and Presence Service, Release 15 and SUs 35