Owner's Manual

Installation Instructions

Introduction

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) is an end-to-end virtualization solution. RHEV 3 supports an increased number

of virtual machine resource allocations, live migration, and increased operational efficiency.

NOTE: For instructions on installing RHEV 3, see docs.redhat.com.

The RHEV platform contains two main components:

• RHEV-Manager (RHEV-M) — Provides a graphical user interface to manage the physical and logical resources of

the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization infrastructure. RHEV-M is installed on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 server and

accessed from a client installed with a browser. The RHEV-M constitutes of:

– Administration Portal — Used to setup, configure, and manage the RHEV environment.

– User Portal — Used to connect to virtual machines. You can create virtual machine templates and virtual

machines from this interface.

• RHEV-Hypervisor (RHEV-H) — Is based on Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualization technology. To

increase operational efficiency, you can either use RHEV-H as a standalone hypervisor or integrate it with Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 6.2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5.

NOTE: You can download the RHEV 3 image from Red Hat Network.

Hardware Requirements

To set up a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment, you require:

• A management server

• Virtualization hosts — Minimum two to support migration and power management

• Clients — One or more to access the Administration Portal

• Storage infrastructure — Provided by NFS, iSCSI, FC, or locally attached to virtualization hosts

Management Server Requirements

NOTE: The minimum and recommended requirements are for a small to a medium size installation. The exact

system requirements may vary depending upon sizing and load.

Table 1. System Requirement (Minimum)

Component Description

Processor Dual core

Memory 4 GB

Disk space 25 GB