Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 System Requirements: Standard Install
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System Requirements
- 1 Red Hat® Enterprise Virtualization Manager server
- 2 hypervisor hosts
- Shared storage
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
Minimum:
- Dual-core server with 4GB RAM, 25GB free disk space, and 1Gbps network interface
Recommended:
- Dual-socket/quad-core server with 16GB RAM, 50GB free disk space on multiple disk spindles, and 1GB network interface. The breakdown of the server requirements is:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 6 operating system: 1GB RAM and 5GB local disk space
- Manager: 3GB RAM, 3GB local disk space, and 1Gbps network controller bandwidth
- Local ISO domain: 15GB disk space
- A client to connect to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager with:
- Microsoft Windows (7, XP, 2003 or 2008) with Internet Explorer 7 and above
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hosts
Minimum
- Dual-core server, 10GB RAM, 10GB storage, and 1GB network interface
Recommended
- Dual-socket server, 16GB RAM, 50GB storage, and two 1GB network interfaces. The breakdown of the server requirements is:
- For each host: AMD-V-enabled or Intel VT-enabled, AMD64 or Intel 64 extensions, 512MB RAM, and 750MB storage
- For VMs running on each host: 8GB RAM to run 4 VMs
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 6.2-3.0 installation ISO
Storage and Networking
- At least 1 of the supported storage types (NFS, iSCSI, or FCP)
- At least 3 static IP addresses: 1 for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager server and 1 for each server running Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor
- DNS service that can resolve (forward and reverse) all the IP addresses
- An existing DHCP server that can allocate network addresses for the VMs
- Display subnet (extra network interface card on both servers) to create a new display network in addition to the default existing management network
Virtual Machines
- Installation images for creating VMs, depending on which operating system you want to use:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, or 6
- Windows XP, 7, 2003, or 2008
- Valid licenses or subscription entitlements for each operating system
- At least 1 valid user account in the local directory, Red Hat Identity Management, or Active Directory
