Specifications

For this lab, you must determine if your system supports Intel-VT or AMD-V hardware. Your
system must support Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled CPUs to successfully install the fully virtualized
guest operating systems. Red Hat Virtualization incorporates a generic HVM layer to support
these CPU vendors.
1. To determine if your CPU has Intel-VT or AMD-V support, type the following command:
egrep -e 'vmx|svm' /proc/cpuinfo
2. The following output shows a CPU that supports Intel-VT:
.flags :
fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr
sse
sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc pni monitor vmx est tm2 xtpr
If the command returns nothing, then the CPU does not support Intel-VT or AMD-V.
3. To determine if your CPU has Intel-VT or AMD-V support, type the following command:
cat /sys/hypervisor/properties/capabilities
4. The following output shows that Intel-VT support has been enabled in the BIOS. If the
command returns nothing, then go into the BIOS Setup Utlility and look for a setting related to
'Virtualization', i.e. 'Intel(R) Virtualization Technology' under 'CPU' section on a IBM T60p.
Enable and save the setting and do a power off to take effect.
xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p
Lab Sequence 5: Installing RHEL5 Beta 2 Xen fully virtualized guest using virt-install.
For this lab, you will install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Beta 2 Xen fully virtualized guest using
virt-install:
1. To install your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Beta 2 Xen guest, at the command prompt type:
virt-install.
2. When prompted to install a fully virtualized guest, type yes.
3. Type rhel5b2-pv2 for your virtual machine name.
4. Type 500 for your memory allocation.
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