System Requirements

Management Server

Minimum Recommended
Dual-core Intel 64 or AMD64 CPU Quad-core or multiple dual-core Intel 64 or AMD64 CPU
4GB RAM (available, not including OS) 16GB RAM
25GB writeable disk space 50GB writeable disk space
1 Network Interface Card (NIC) with bandwidth of at least 1 Gbps
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6 x86_64 subscription (not included)

Host servers (hypervisors)

Minimum Recommended
Dual-core Intel 64 or AMD64 CPU Quad-core or multiple dual-core Intel 64 or AMD64 CPU
Intel VT or AMD-V extensions enabled in BIOS
2GB RAM 2GB RAM
12GB internal storage 12GB + internal storage
1 NIC with bandwidth of at least 1 Gbps Multiple Network Interface Cards (NICs) with bandwidth of at least 1 Gbps
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor, included with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x86_64 subscription as a hypervisor (purchased separately)

Administrator console

  • Microsoft Windows XP (i386), Windows 7 (i386, AMD64, and Intel 64), or Windows 2008/2008R2(i386, AMD64, and Intel 64)
  • Internet Explorer 7 or higher
  • .NET Framework 4

User portal

  • Client
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (i386, AMD64, and Intel 64)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 (i386, AMD64, and Intel 64)
    • Windows XP
    • Windows XP Embedded (XPe)
    • Windows 7 (x86, AMD64, and Intel 64)
    • Windows Embedded Standard 7
    • Windows 2008/R2 (x86, AMD64, and Intel 64)
    • Windows Embedded Standard 2009
    • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Certified Linux-based thin clients
  • Browser
    • Internet Explorer 7 and higher on Windows, with the SPICE ActiveX control installed
    • Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and higher on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with the SPICE plug-in installed
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