Installation guide

Preface

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization Guide covers all aspects of using and managing

virtualization products included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

1. About t his book

1.1. Overview

This book is divided into 8 parts:

Requirements and Limitations

Installation

Configuration

Administration

Storage

Reference

Tips and Tricks

Troubleshooting

2. Document Convent ions

This manual uses several conventions to highlight certain words and phrases and draw attention to

specific pieces of information.

2.1. T ypographic Convent ions

Four typographic conventions are used to call attention to specific words and phrases. These

conventions, and the circumstances they apply to, are as follows.

Mono-spaced Bold

Used to highlight system input, including shell commands, file names and paths. Also used to

highlight keys and key combinations. For example:

To see the contents of the file my_next_bestselling_novel in your current

working directory, enter the cat my_next_bestselling_novel command at the

shell prompt and press Enter to execute the command.

The above includes a file name, a shell command and a key, all presented in mono-spaced bold and

all distinguishable thanks to context.

Key combinations can be distinguished from an individual key by the plus sign that connects each

part of a key combination. For example:

Press Enter to execute the command.

Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to a virtual terminal.

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