The Hypervisor is distributed as a compact image for use on a variety of installation media. It provides a minimal installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and includes the packages necessary to communicate with the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
The Hypervisor is certified for use with all hardware which has passed Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification except where noted in
Chapter 2, Requirements. The Hypervisor uses the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel and benefits from the default kernel's extensive testing, device support and flexibility.