Hyperthreading should be enabled in the BIOS, but sizing VMs so that the total vCPU equals the number of ESXi logical processors is not supported unless an application specifically allows it.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco Collaboration applications (incl. Unified CM)
Subsystem
resource allocation
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Unified CM virtualization and sizing: source note cucm-virtualization-sizing-hyperthreading-not-counted. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-virtualization-sizing-hyperthreading-not-counted

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-cucm-virtualization-sizing-hyperthreading-not-counted,
  title  = {Unified CM virtualization and sizing: source note cucm-virtualization-sizing-hyperthreading-not-counted},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/cucm-virtualization-sizing-hyperthreading-not-counted},
  note   = {Source note cucm-virtualization-sizing-hyperthreading-not-counted, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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