UCS B200 M2 support

Hi All
I have a customer which has UCS b200 M2 and has 5 blade install i will use one blade to install the following :
1- PUB CUCM 8.6
2- PUB CUC.
3- cisco unified presence.
all the above will be install in one blade and the other SUB cucm , SUB CUC and presence will be install in diffrent blade but in the same chassis.
My question is it possible to install a SUB cucm and other virtual machine in same blade regarding to the support from cisco. or the blade must be only for cisco unified application as cucm and cuc.. mean no other virtual machin should be install...
Regards

Check out this link:
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Unified_Communications_Virtualization_Sizing_Guidelines
Virtual Machines (VMs) are categorized as follows for purposes of this UC support policy:
3rd-party application VMs (or simply 3rd-party app VMs): a VM for a non-Cisco, application, such as VMware vCenter, 3rd-party Cisco Technology Developer Program applications, non-Cisco-provided TFTP/SFTP/DNS/DHCP servers, Directories, Groupware, File/print, CRM, customer home-grown applications, etc
Cisco does not support non-UC or 3rd-party applications VMs running on "Cisco UC Virtualization Hypervisor" or "Cisco UC Virtualization Foundation" (as described at Unified Communications VMware Requirements). If you want to deploy non-U / 3rd-party applications, you must deploy on VMware vSphere Standard, Advanced, Enterprise or Enterprise Plus Edition.
Each Cisco UC app supports one of the following four types of co-residency:
Full:
The co-resident application mix may contain UC app VMs with Cisco non-UC VMs with 3rd-party application VMs. The deployment must follow the General Rules for Co-residency and Physical/Virtual Hardware Sizing rules below. The deployment must also follow the Special Rules for non-UC and 3rd-party Co-residency below.
Keep reading on the link:
HTH, please rate all useful posts!
Chris

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