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General Requirements
Recommended Design Workflow
The recommended workflow to properly size and configure a virtualized environment for On-premises
Calling applications is below (details in subsequent sections):
- Inter-application Compatibility
- For each application:
a. Per-Application Design
b. Per-Application Derive Virtual Machine (VM) count/specifications
- Application / Hypervisor Compatibility
- VM Placement
- For each server/appliance:
a. Required Hardware Specification
b. Bill of Materials (BOM)
For examples of how to use this workflow, see the chapter on Example Hardware Bill of Materials
(BOMs).
