Why XenServer^®

According to Citrix and other lab tests, XenServer is the most effective hypervisor that can be used to deliver the best-in-class application and desktop delivery. GPU virtualization increases graphic performance; new 64-bit kernel, which improves networking and storage performance; and workload geo-tagging to restrict the work load to run in the particular location for security reasons.

Installing the XenServer^® host

In this book, we will be using XenServer 6.2. If you want to know more about this feature, you can go to http://www.citrix.com/products/xenserver/overview.html, and download the media files from www.citrix.com/xenserver.

Before we begin to install XenServer, let's take a look at some of the system requirements:

• The hardware must support HVM (Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled)

• Minimum 4 GB memory required

• At least 36 GB hard disk

• At least one network card

Once the preceding requirements are met, perform the following steps to install XenServer:

1. Insert the XenServer installation...