SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack

Listed below are the minimum system requirements for both physical and virtual systems used with these drivers. In order to use the paravirtualized drivers contained in the SUSE® Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack, the underlying hardware must be Intel Virtualization Technology (I-VT), or AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) enabled. Furthermore, the minimum requirements for the host operating system used must be SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (Xen 3.0.4).

Minimum system requirements for installation

• Local installation: 512 MB RAM, SSH-based network
• Graphical installation: 512 MB RAM, VNC-based network
• Installation via FTP: 512 MB RAM

Minimum system requirements for operation

• 512 MB RAM minimum, recommended for Windows Server 2008 guest: 2GB RAM per guest
• 750 MB hard disk space for software
• 750 MB hard disk space for user data

Recommended system requirements

• At least 512 MB RAM for Xen virtual host server
• At least additional 256 MB RAM per Xen virtual machine

Supported processor platforms

• x86 (AMD-V or Intel-VT hardware assisted)
• AMD64 (AMD-V)
• Intel64 (Intel-VT)