Certified guest operating systems for Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM
The following certified Red Hat and third-party guest operating systems apply to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server with KVM virtualization. Red Hat also offers Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, which offers greater scalability and more advanced features. To see certified guest operating systems for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, please see Certified guest operating systems for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server with KVM | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server with KVM | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with KVM | |
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| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64-Bit x86 | *1 | RHEL6.02,3 RHEL6.1 2,3RHEL6.2 2,3 RHEL6.3 2,3 |
All versions 2,3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 64-Bit x86 | *1 | RHEL6.42,3 |
Not supported |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 64-Bit x86 | *1 | RHEL6.52,3 RHEL6.6 2,3 RHEL6.7 2,3 RHEL6.8 2,3 |
Not supported |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 64-Bit x86 | *1 | RHEL6.92,3 |
Not supported |
Footnotes:
1. Starting with RHEL 7, RHEL will have SVVP support only under specific subscription programs such as Advanced Mission Critical (AMC). If you are unsure whether your subscription model includes support for Windows guests, please contact customer support. RHV and OSP have full support and ship SVVP certified drivers.
2. Microsoft Windows operating systems certifications only apply to all RHEL 6 releases and all RHEL 5 releases.
3. For best performance, the para-virtualized I/O drivers (virtio-win) are required to be installed in the Windows guests. The drivers are made available as images in the Supplementary channel of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux host OS. Please refer to this article for details. Please see the Microsoft SVVP site for certification details.