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2.3. Guest Operating System Support

Supported Guests
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization presently supports the following virtualized guest operating systems:

Note — Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP)

The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor has been SVVP validated on both AMD and Intel systems.
Para-virtualized driver support
The para-virtualized drivers (the VirtIO drivers) support the following operating systems and versions. The para-virtualized drivers increase the performance for a guest's block and network devices. The drivers are only supported in environments with a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
Table 2.3. Para-virtualized driver support
Guest operating system Para-virtualized drivers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 and newer (32 bit and 64 bit) Block and network drivers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 and newer (32 bit and 64 bit) Block and network drivers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 and newer (32 bit and 64 bit) Block and network drivers
Windows XP Block and network drivers
Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit) Block and network drivers
Windows Server 2003 R2 (32 bit and 64 bit) Block and network drivers
Windows Server 2008 (32 bit and 64 bit) Block and network drivers

Note — Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL)

The para-virtualized drivers for Windows operating systems have been WHQL certified.
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization agent support
The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization agent is available for the following operating systems and versions. The agent is only supported in environments with a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. Certain management and reporting functionality is only available for guests which have the agent installed.