Questions tagged [intel-vt-x]
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If KVM is working, why does VMX show as disabled?
I have VT-x enabled in the BIOS. I'm running qemu/kvm/Manjaro. lscpu says
$ lscpu
Architecture: x86_64
Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Flags: ... vmx ...
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Way to enter the BIOS of linux server
I have a Centos 7.9 VPS up and running. I wanted to enter into BIOS, but I wonder if there is any specific key to enter into it.
I wanted to enable the vt-d inside the BIOS. My server has Intel CPU ...
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Command to find if VT-d or IOMMU is supported or not in linux
I wanted to find out if my Linux server supports PCI passthrough.
For that, I need to know if my CPU has VT-d or IOMMU enabled or not, but I couldn't find the way.
The following is the lscpu command ...
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Enable VT-X and VT-D in the bios for a PowerEdge r910. Ubuntu Server Bionic
I am trying to enable VT-X and VT-D on a PowerEdge r910. I have set "Virtualization Enabled"in the bios settings and also "SR_IOV Global Enable".
I still get the following on the ...
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How do you make use of VT-d features other than PCI passthrough?
I did some research and from what I can tell the main feature that VT-d provides is PCI passthrough.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Graphics_Virtualization_Technology_(Intel_GVT-d,...
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Can you have CPU VT-x enabled on a VPS?
I'm using a VPS server on Ubuntu 17.04, from these guys
I'd like to install some components but it requires CPU Virtualisation to be enabled.
Question 1: Is it possible to have CPU VT-x enable for a ...
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Performance impact enabling intel vt-x
I have a rather unusual question: What is the performance impact when you enable vt-x and you don't need it?
I ask this because all of the new servers I receive have this enabled by default in the ...
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How can I determine the performance penalty of VT-d vs. baremetal?
I am looking to configure my server in a slight odd way to create a private cloud setup.
I have to take the HBA that my storage disks are tied to and pass it into a VM (probably xen) to allow the ...
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Activate Intel VT-d in the kernel on CentOS7
Following many tutorials, they ask you to alter the grup file at the
/boot/grup/grup.conf.. but in Centos7 there is no /boot/grup/grup.conf
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Activate Intel VT-d in the kernel
Activate Intel VT-d ...
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Proxmox KVM fails to start
My new server is Fujitsu Primergy RX1330 M1 with Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1220, running either Proxmox V4 or Proxmox V3.4 i have the following problem.
When i create a new virtual machine, during ...
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Bloomfield CPU without Intel VT-x
According to my research an Intel Bloomfield CPU (more specific: a i7-920) should support Intel VT-x technology (http://ark.intel.com/products/37147/Intel-Core-i7-920-Processor-8M-Cache-2_66-GHz-4_80-...
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Intel VT enable but not found in xenserver
I have an IBM 206M with this CPU --> Intel Presler Pentium D 950 Socket LGA 775 P4D 3.4 Ghz 800Mhz FSB 4M Cache EM64T. It has Intel Virtualisation tecnology. But when i want to install xen server, the ...
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HP ProLiant DL160 Gen5 Virtualization
we want to create some vm's on older server.
Its an HP ProLiant DL160 Gen5 with an Xeon 5405.
So by the intel specs (http://ark.intel.com/products/33079) the cpu included the VT-x technology. But ...
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Is it possible to run nested VMs with in VMWare Workstation without Intel VT-x?
I need to fiddle with ESXi inside a VMware workstation 9 Virtual machine but my old Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 does not have Intel VT-x hardware assist technology!
Is there any mean to run a bare-metal ...
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How to makesure VM is in Para virtualization mode on XEN?
I am having a server running XEN,with ubuntu 12.04 as Domain 0.
Intel VT is turned on by default and i dont want to run any Windows OS as VM.
So
1. how can i makesure that all the created VM will ...
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Why do KVM needs Hardware Assisted support to install even Linux based OS
For XEN we dont need Hardware Assisted support for running linux os.
But why do we need that for KVM for running even linux based os.
Can Kvm be configured to support para virtualization.
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CPU - Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) in a Laptop [closed]
I have a Dell laptop I bought in 2006 and it has Virtualization Technology option in the BIOS.
My CPU is an Intel T7200.
For me, the VT option is used to use ESXi or Hyper-V on a machine, but on a ...
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Disable ESXi passthrough on SATA controller
I have a newly built ESXi server with two SSD's hooked up to the motherboard primary SATA controller. Everything was working until I made the mistake of enabling passthrough on that SATA controller. ...
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Intel NIC: VMDc or VMDq?
I need to buy a nic that I want to eventually (~3 months) re-use for a VM server deployment that will need to support heavy network I/O. Server is a Xeon Gulftown/Westmere-EP.
Intel has server NICs ...
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IBM x3200 M2 and chaning the CPU
As my server IBM x3200 M2 and CPU (E4600) does not have VT-x for virtualization (I would like to virtualize Windows in XenServer), may I substitute this CPU for some core2duo or core2quad that ...
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Can I autologin a specific user on a specific VT, but still have other login shells running?
I'm running a linux system with Ubuntu Karmic on it, and I use it to run a webcam and a program that continuously outputs on the console.
Is there any way I can force a user to login on VT2, and then ...
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does intel Xeon e5620 have EPT support?
looking for CPU with good Virtualization support. could not find Intel EPT (extended page table) technology with E series. Is it only with higher X series?
but AMD Magny cour 6134 does have the RVI ...
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xenserver 5.5 windows guest
xenserver 5.5 update2 running on Pentium-D without VT. says it cant support Windows guests(HVM not found etc)
on the same CPU ESXi 4 installed and runs Win XP fine.
any thoughts? thanks in adv.
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Does VMWare Player 3.0 require Intel-VT capable processor
I have Dell Studio laptop with Intel E6600 processor, I have checked and confirmed that this processor does not have Intel-VT support. (Its available in 6670 available on Dell Vostro)
Has anyone ...
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Can i install Vmware ESX 3.5 on Dell Inspiron 560s Desktop - S241203IN8 - with Intel E7500 Processor
I am about to purchase DELL Inspiron 560s Desktop - S241203IN8. My purpose of buying this machine is to be able to install and learn VMware ESX 3.5 (VMware Infrastructure).
Here is the two links, one ...
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Which 939 socket chips support AMD-V?
I know it'd likely be more cost effective to buy a new system with AMD-V or Intel VT-x, but to prove it, I need to know if there are any 939 socket chips that feature AMD-V and if so what they are. ...
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How to enable VT extensions on a Dell inspiron 1545
I am trying to install a centos virtual host on my ubuntu laptop but I cannot enable the VT extensions in the BIOS.
I have updated to the latest BIOS from Dell the processor is a core 2 duo so it ...
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Enabling hardware virtualisation BIOS; anything to beware?
A lot of recent virtualisation tools can either make use of, or demand, BIOS support (Intel-VT, AMD-V, etc). But in most of the BIOS screens I've seen, it has been disabled by default - sometimes even ...
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