The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization version 3.3 environment consists of one or more hosts (either Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 or later hosts or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 6.5 or later hosts) and at least one Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.

Hosts run virtual machines using KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) virtualization technology.

The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager runs on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 server and provides interfaces for controlling the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment. It manages virtual machine and storage provisioning, connection protocols, user sessions, virtual machine images, and high availability virtual machines.

The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager is accessed through the Administration Portal using a web browser.