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Virtual machine monitors – NEC A1160 User Manual

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Virtual Machine Monitors

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y

Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition

y

Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition

Note: Partitions running Windows Server 2003, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, or
Windows Server 2003, 32-bit Datacenter Edition, are restricted to a maximum of
two cells.

Linux Operating Systems

Express5800/A1160 systems support the following Linux operating systems:

y

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform 5.2 for x64

y

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 (x64 with Service Pack 2)

Virtual Machine Monitors

A virtual machine monitor is the base component that enables virtualization. It is a
logical computer instance based on permanent physical hardware that runs specialized
software to host virtual machines and service partitions.

Express5800/A1160 systems support the following virtual machine monitors:

y

VMware Infrastructure 3 (VMware ESX Server 3.5 update 2 or later)

y Microsoft

Hyper-V