RE: [Xen-users] hardware question

["Will Sani" <williamsani@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey thanks a bunch Luke!

Will

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[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luke S. Crawford
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 11:37 AM
To: Will Sani
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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] hardware question

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Will Sani wrote:
> I'm trying to determine whether the server hardware that we have will work

> with XEN Enterprise or not. Currently I have a Dell SC1425 (Xeon 2.8 Ghz)
and 
> a PowerEdge 1800 (Xeon 3.0 Ghz). I'm wondering if these servers are 
> compatible or not.
>
> Suggestions on where I can find more literature on the compatibility? Or
list 
> of compatible devices, chipsets, etc.?

essentially all the post-ppro mainstream CPUs are supported in PV mode; 
Athlons, P3s, P4s, Xeons, etc... all will work fine.   you need to check 
if you use the ultra-low-power or otherwise weird chips.  (I don't 
believe xen works on, for example, the via C3)

If you are using HVM, you need to do more looking-  both your CPU and 
motherboard need to support it.  You can start looking here:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Processors
and here:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Motherboards


(I would bet money that your dell 1800 is not HVM compatable;  However, it 
probably works fine in pv mode.  I've got a client on a bunch of dell 
1850s running pv mode, and they are not having problems. )

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