Owner's Manual

Software Requirements

This section lists the minimum software required to work in a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Environment.

Operating System

To install:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hypervisor, see

Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Hypervisor Deployment Guide

at redhat.com.

• RHEV-M, install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

NOTE: To use Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts install the RHEV-M.

Client

To access the Administration Portal, you require a client with a supported web browser. The Administration Portal

supports the following clients and browsers:

Client Windows XP

Windows 7 (x86, AMD64, and Intel 64)

Windows 2008/R2 (x86, AMD64, and Intel 64)

Browser Internet Explorer 7 and higher on Windows, with the .NET Framework 4 installed

To access the User Portal , you need a thin client with a supported web browser. The User Portal supports the following

clients and browsers:

Client Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (i386, AMD64, and Intel 64)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 (i386, AMD64, and Intel 64)

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Certified Linux-based thin clients

Windows XP

Windows XP Embedded (XPe)

Windows 7 (x86, AMD64, and Intel 64)

Windows 2008/R2 (x86, AMD64, and Intel 64)

Windows Embedded Standard 2009

Browser Internet Explorer 7 and higher on Windows, with the SPICE ActiveX control installed

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and higher on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with the SPICE plugin installed

Red Hat Network Channels

To install RHEV-M, subscribe to Red Hat Network channels. These channels are used to retrieve the initial installation

packages and updates as they become available. The channels are:

• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (v.3 x86_64)

• JBoss Application Platform (v.5) for RHEL 6 Server x86_64

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v.6 64-bit x86_64)