Users require the following to install and run Virtual Iron.
Extended Enterprise Edition
Virtual Iron® Extended Enterprise Edition allows you to virtualize
one or more nodes. The number of nodes you can manage is processor-dependent,
and varies with the license you have purchased. Virtual Iron requires
a single management server linked to one or more physical servers, or
nodes, on an Ethernet network. Virtual Iron's management server, Virtualization
Manager™, communicates with each node over a dedicated management
network. Nodes managed in this framework may also access SAN and network
resources via one or more public networks.
Management Server Minimum Requirements
One server hosts the Virtual Iron Virtualization Manager, the management
application that supports the actions you will perform when installing,
configuring and using Virtual Iron. Minimum requirements include:
- 1 CPU
- 2 GB RAM
- 30 GB hard drive
- 2 Ethernet ports
- Any x86 server that is running one of the following operating systems:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5 32-bit and 64-bit (Note:
64-bit RHEL-4 requires the compat-arch-support package)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 or 10 32- and 64-bit
- Windows Server 2003 32-bit
- CentOS 4 or 5
Node Minimum Requirements
- 2 GB RAM
- 2 Ethernet ports
- Your virtualized nodes must have Intel® Virtualization Technology
(Intel VT) or AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) hardware assist (How
to check if your hardware is virtualization ready). For a list
of supported hardware, please view our hardware compatibility requirements.
If you do not have a server with hardware-assisted virtualization,
please contact your reseller or hardware provider.
Single Server Edition, Minimum Requirements
- 2 GB RAM
- CD-ROM drive
- 36 GB hard drive
- 1 Ethernet port
- Your virtualized nodes must have Intel® Virtualization Technology
(Intel VT) or AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) hardware assist (How
to check if your hardware is virtualization ready). For a list
of supported hardware, please view our hardware compatibility requirements.
If you do not have a server with hardware-assisted virtualization,
please contact your reseller or hardware provider.
Questions? Visit the Virtual
Iron forums.
Virtual Server Operating Systems Support
Virtual Iron enables administrators to configure and manage multiple
operating systems, of different types and versions, on one or more managed
servers.
Version 4.3 supports virtual servers running the following:
- RHEL 3 U8 and U9 32-bit
- RHEL 4 U4, U5 and U6 AS 32-bit and 64-bit
- RHEL 5 U0 and U1 32-bit and 64-bit
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 and SP4 32-bit and 64-bit
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 32-bit and 64-bit
- CentOS 4 U4, U5 and U6 32-bit and 64-bit
- CentOS 5 U0 and U1 32-bit and 64-bit
- Windows 2000 SP4 32-bit
- Windows Server 2003 SP2 32-bit and 64-bit
- Windows Server 2008 32-bit 64-bit
- Windows XP SP2 Professional 32-bit
- Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit
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Virtual Iron Certified -- These devices are tested and supported for
the designated version(s) of Virtual Iron software.
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Virtual Iron Tested -- These devices are tested by a partner, or on
partner equipment, for the designated version(s) of Virtual Iron software.