Dell Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 Owner's Manual

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
Installation Instructions And Important Information

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Contents

1 Installation Instructions............................................................................................................. 5

Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................. 5

Hardware Requirements...........................................................................................................................................5

Management Server Requirements...................................................................................................................5

Virtualization Host Requirements.......................................................................................................................6

Software Requirements............................................................................................................................................7

Operating System...............................................................................................................................................7

Client...................................................................................................................................................................7

Red Hat Network Channels................................................................................................................................ 7

2 Important Information.................................................................................................................9

Known Issues In Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.3.............................................................................................9

DDR DMA Testing Fails In ethtool On RHEV-H 3.3............................................................................................. 9

RHEV-H 6.5 Displays Incorrect Processor Details............................................................................................. 9

Known Issues In Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2.............................................................................................9

Navigating To Red Hat Network Settings Displays A Blank Red Screen ..........................................................9

Incorrect Details Reported For Intel Xeon E7 Processor In RHEV-H 3.2/RHEL-H 6.4.........................................9

Known Issues In Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1...........................................................................................10

biosdevname Names SR-IOV Virtual Function From Intel rNRC As ethN........................................................ 10

Unable To Configure RHEV 3.1 Home Page Setup, After Accessing It Multiple Times....................................10

Known Issues In Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0...........................................................................................10

Disk Description Unknown While Installing RHEV-H On SUT.......................................................................... 10

RHEV-H 3.0 Installation Fails In UEFI Mode Using Optical Or USB Media.......................................................11

RHEV 3.0 Displays Wrong Time Zone While Configuring Windows VMs.........................................................11

Additional Information............................................................................................................................................ 11

3 Getting Help................................................................................................................................13

Contacting Dell....................................................................................................................................................... 13

Related Documentation.......................................................................................................................................... 13

Locating Your System Service Tag.........................................................................................................................14

Documentation Feedback.......................................................................................................................................14

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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.

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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

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