Re: [Xen-users] hardware question

["Luke S. Crawford" <lsc@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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