Installation guide

Introducing XenServer

• the Xen hypervisor

• installers for both the XenServer Host and for XenCenter

• a tool for creating Linux VMs by converting existing physical installations of supported Linux distributions

(P2V)

• XenCenter, a Windows client application. From XenCenter you can manage XenServer Hosts, resource

pools, and shared storage, and deploy, manage, and monitor VMs

• The xe command line interface (CLI) for Windows

• VM templates for installation of Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003,

Windows Vista, and XenApp

There is also an optional second installation CD known as the Linux Pack which adds support for:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 VMs from installation CDs or network

repositories

• VM templates for installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.1-4.4 VMs from vendor media stored on a

network repository

• VM templates for installation of Debian Sarge or Debian Etch VMs without installation media

• The xe command line interface (CLI) for Linux