Product SiteDocumentation Site

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Hypervisor Deployment Guide

The complete guide to obtaining, deploying, configuring, and maintaining the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.

Edition 1

Red Hat Logo


Legal Notice

Copyright © 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
The text of and illustrations in this document are licensed by Red Hat under a Creative Commons Attribution–Share Alike 3.0 Unported license ("CC-BY-SA"). An explanation of CC-BY-SA is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. In accordance with CC-BY-SA, if you distribute this document or an adaptation of it, you must provide the URL for the original version.
Red Hat, as the licensor of this document, waives the right to enforce, and agrees not to assert, Section 4d of CC-BY-SA to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the Shadowman logo, JBoss, MetaMatrix, Fedora, the Infinity Logo, and RHCE are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.
Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States and other countries.
Java® is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
XFS® is a trademark of Silicon Graphics International Corp. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries.
MySQL® is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the United States, the European Union and other countries.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


1801 Varsity Drive
RaleighNC 27606-2072 USA
Phone: +1 919 754 3700
Phone: 888 733 4281
Fax: +1 919 754 3701

Abstract
The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor is a fully featured virtualization platform for quick, easy deployment and management of virtualized guests. The Hypervisor is designed for management via the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. This Hypervisor Deployment Guide documents the steps required to obtain, deploy, configure, and maintain the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.

Preface
1. About this Guide
1.1. Audience
1.2. Documentation Suite
2. Document Conventions
2.1. Typographic Conventions
2.2. Pull-quote Conventions
2.3. Notes and Warnings
3. We Need Feedback!
1. Introduction
2. Requirements
2.1. Hypervisor Requirements
2.2. Guest Requirements and Support Limits
2.3. Guest Operating System Support
3. Preparing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Installation Media
3.1. Preparation Instructions
3.2. Deploying Hypervisors with PXE and tftp
3.2.1. Booting a Hypervisor with PXE
3.3. Preparing a Hypervisor USB Storage Device
3.3.1. Making a USB Storage Device into a Hypervisor Boot Device
3.3.2. Booting a Hypervisor USB Storage Device
3.4. Preparing a Hypervisor from a CD-ROM or DVD
3.4.1. Making a Hypervisor CD-ROM Boot Disk
3.4.2. Booting a Hypervisor CD-ROM
4. Installation
4.1. Interactive Installation
4.1.1. Booting from the Installation Media
4.1.2. Installation Procedure
4.2. Automated Installation
4.2.1. How the Kernel Arguments Work
4.2.2. Required Parameters
4.2.3. Storage Parameters
4.2.4. Networking Parameters
4.2.5. Red Hat Network (RHN) Parameters
4.2.6. Authentication Parameters
4.2.7. Other Parameters
4.2.8. Example: Automated Hypervisor Installation
5. Configuration
5.1. Logging In
5.2. Status
5.3. Network
5.4. Security
5.5. Logging
5.6. Kernel Dump
5.7. Remote Storage
5.8. RHEV-M
5.9. Red Hat Network
6. Upgrading Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors
6.1. Upgrading a Hypervisor with the Manager
6.2. Upgrading a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor with local media
6.3. Re-installing Hypervisors with the Manager
A. Security topics
B. Filesystem layout
C. Uninstallation
D. Revision History