2011/01/07

Virtualization Support in Red Hat Enterprise Linux



Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization Support Matrix

  1. Please see chart below for details.
  2. Please note that running in a virtualized environment may be subject to the third party operating systems license agreement.
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PVPara-Virtualized (Xen): Guest kernel optimized for virtualization.
FVFully-Virtualized (Xen or KVM): Unmodified guest kernel, requires virtualization support in hardware.
OptimizedSupported. PV or optimized PV drivers provided, fully certified stack (e.g. Microsoft SVVP).
SupportedSupported but no or limited optimized PV drivers provided, limited certification (for Windows Server e.g. Microsoft WHQL but no SVVP).
UnsupportedNot supported and may not work
N/ANot a valid combination.
Tech PreviewTechnically possible, but not yet supported.

Virtualization Platform, Kernel & Processor Architecture
Guest Operating SystemRHEL 6 64-bit x86_64 (KVM), RHEV-H 6RHEL 5 64-bit x86-64 (KVM)1, RHEV-H 5 RHEL 5 64-bit x86-64 (Xen)RHEL 5 32-bit x 86-32 (PAE, Xen)RHEL 5 IA64
Supported Enterprise Linux Combinations
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 x86-64 FV Optimized2 Optimized2 OptimizedN/AN/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 x86-32 FVOptimized2 Optimized2 Optimized3 Optimized3 N/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 IA64 FVN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86-64 PVN/AN/AOptimizedN/AN/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86-64 FVOptimized2 Optimized2 Optimized3 N/AN/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86-32 PVN/AN/AOptimized4OptimizedN/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86-32 FVOptimized2 Optimized2 Optimized3 Optimized3 N/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 IA64 PVN/AN/AN/AN/AOptimized
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 IA64 FVN/AN/AN/AN/ASupported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86-64 PVN/AN/AOptimizedN/AN/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86-64 FVOptimized2 Optimized2 Optimized3 N/AN/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86-32 PVN/AN/AOptimized4OptimizedN/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86-32 FVOptimized2 Optimized2 Optimized3 Optimized3 N/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 IA64 PVN/AN/AN/AN/AOptimized
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 IA64 FVN/AN/AN/AN/ASupported
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86-64 PVN/AN/AOptimized2 N/AN/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86-64 FVOptimized2Optimized2Optimized2N/AN/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86-32 PVN/AN/AOptimized2 Optimized2 N/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86-32 FVOptimized2 Optimized2 Optimized2 Optimized2 N/A
Supported 3rd Party Guest Operating Systems
Windows Server 2000 32-Bit x86 UnsupportedUnsupportedSupportedSupportedN/A
Windows Server 2000 IA64N/AN/AN/AN/ASupported
Windows Server 2003 32-Bit x86Optimized5 Optimized5 Supported7 Supported7 N/A
Windows Server 2003 64-Bit x86Optimized5 Optimized5 UnsupportedN/AN/A
Windows Server 2003 IA64N/AN/AN/AN/ASupported
Windows Server 2003 R2 32-Bit x86Optimized5 Optimized5 Supported7 Supported7 N/A
Windows Server 2003 R2 64-Bit x86Optimized5 Optimized5 UnsupportedN/AN/A
Windows Server 2003 R2 IA64N/AN/AN/AN/ASupported
Windows Server 2008 32-Bit x86Optimized5 Optimized5 Supported7 Supported7 N/A
Windows Server 2008 64-Bit x86Optimized5 Optimized5 UnsupportedN/AN/A
Windows Server 2008 IA64N/AN/AN/AN/ASupported
Windows Server 2008 R2 64-Bit x86Optimized5 Optimized5 UnsupportedN/AN/A
Windows Server 2008 R2 IA64N/AN/AN/AN/ASupported
Windows XP 32-Bit x86Optimized6 Optimized6 SupportedSupportedN/A
Windows XP 64-Bit x86UnsupportedUnsupportedUnsupportedN/AN/A
Windows Vista 32-Bit x86SupportedSupportedSupportedSupportedN/A
Windows Vista 64-Bit x86SupportedSupportedSupportedN/AN/A
Windows 7 32-Bit x86Optimized5 Optimized5 UnsupportedN/AN/A
Windows 7 64-Bit x86Optimized5 Optimized5 UnsupportedN/AN/A

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