⁠3.2. Track A Requirements

To work through the labs in Track A, you must have:
  • an evaluation license
  • a valid Red Hat Network subscription to
    • the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization channel
    • the Red Hat Enterprise Linux channel

Note

Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Release Notes for specific channel names current to your system.
Contact your sales representative if you do not have both of the above.
Before you begin Track A, ensure that you have the following:

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Requirements

  • Minimum - Dual core server with 4 GB RAM, 25 GB free disk space and 1 Gbps network interface.
  • Recommended - Dual Sockets/Quad core server with 16 GB RAM, 50 GB free disk space on multiple disk spindles and 1 Gbps network interface.
    The breakdown of the server requirements is:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating system: 1 GB RAM and 5 GB local disk space
    • Manager: 3 GB RAM, 3 GB local disk space and 1 Gbps network controller bandwidth
    • Local ISO domain: 15 GB disk space
  • One client for connecting to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
    • A machine with Firefox 17 or higher installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
    • Internet Explorer 9 or higher on Microsoft Windows.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hosts Requirements

  • Minimum - Dual Core server, 2 GB RAM and 10 GB Storage, 1 Gbps network interface
  • Recommended - Dual socket server, 16 GB RAM and 50 GB storage, two 1 Gbps network interfaces
    Server requirements:
    • For each host: AMD-V or Intel VT enabled, AMD64 or Intel 64 extensions, minimum 1 GB RAM, 3 GB free storage and 1 Gbps network interface.
    • For virtual machines running on each host: 8 GB RAM to run four virtual machines.

Storage and Networking Requirements

  • At least one of the supported storage types (NFS, iSCSI or FCP).
  • At least three static IP addresses: One for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager server and one for each server running Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.
  • DNS service which can resolve (forward and reverse) all the IP addresses.
  • An existing DHCP server which can allocate network addresses for the virtual machines.
  • Display subnet (extra Network Interface Card on both servers) to create a new display network in addition to the default existing management network.

Virtual Machine Requirements

  • Installation images for creating virtual machines. These images will be installed on the virtual machines you create.
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 or 6.
    • Microsoft Windows XP, 7, 8, 2003 or 2008.
  • Valid licenses or subscription entitlements for each operating system.
  • At least one valid user account in any of the supported directory services (IdM, AD, RHDS, or OpenLDAP).
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