Installation guide

System Requirements
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• Windows Vista VMs are allocated a root device of 16 GB, and other Windows VMs
default to 8 GB.
Network 100 Mbit/s or faster network interface card (NIC). A gigabit NIC is recommended for
faster P2V and export/import data transfers and for live relocation of VMs.
2.2. XenCenter requirements
The remote XenCenter application for managing the XenServer Host can be installed and run on any Win-
dows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista workstation or laptop.
The following are the system requirements for XenCenter:
Operating
system
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista
.NET framework version 2.0 or above
CPU Speed 750 MHz minimum, 1 GHz or faster recommended
RAM 1 GB minimum, 2 GB or more recommended
Disk space 100 MB minimum
Network
interface card
100Mb or faster NIC
2.3. VM support
Windows VMs can be created only on XenServer Hosts equipped with Intel VT-enabled or AMD-V CPUs.
All Windows VMs are created via installing the operating system from either the Microsoft installation media
in the XenServer Host physical CD/DVD-ROM drive or a network-accessible ISO image to the appropriate
template.
Linux VMs do not require XenServer Hosts that are equipped with Intel VT-enabled or AMD-V CPUs.
For a list of supported Windows and Linux distributions, refer to the XenServer Virtual Machine Installation
Guide.