Chapter 9. Virtualization
Integrated Red Hat Enterprise Linux guest installation, and Hyper-V para-virtualized device support in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 on Microsoft Hyper-V allows users to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 as a guest on top of Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors. The following Hyper-V drivers and a clock source have been added to the kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9:
- a network driver (
hv_netvsc
) - a storage driver (
hv_storvsc
) - an HID-compliant mouse driver (
hid_hyperv
) - a VMbus driver (
hv_vmbus
) - a util driver (
hv_util
) - a clock source (i386:
hyperv_clocksource
, AMD64/Intel 64: HYPER-V timer)
hypervkvpd
) that passes basic information, such as the guest IP, the FQDN, OS name, and OS release number, to the host through VMbus.