Prepare for XenServer 6.5

Citrix XenServer is a value-led, industrial-grade, open-source virtualization platform for managing cloud, server, and desktop virtualization infrastructures. Any organization can download XenServer for free, virtualize the required workloads and automate the management process, enhance it agility, agility, and reduce costs.

1. XenServer Frame composition

The Citrix official website provides an architectural diagram of XenServer, as follows:

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Note: The XenServer is installed directly on the hardware and does not require support from the underlying operating system.

2. Xen Project Hypervisor

2.1 Xen Project hypervisor is a Citrix Open source server virtualization product, more about XenServer Open source virtualization information, see http://xenserver.org/

2.2 Xen Project Hypervisor,xenserver with respect to open source also includes the following features:

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3. XenServer version 6.5

XenServer 6.5 consists of two versions:
Standards (Standard Edition)
Enterprise (Corporate Edition)
For more information on XenServer6.5 version differences and authorizations, refer to the Citrix official documentation XenServer 6.5 Licensing FAQ:
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX141511

4. Hardware support

Access to the Hardware Compatibility List for the specific model compatibility of servers, network cards, storage, and graphics
http://hcl.xensource.com/

5. Systems requirements (System Requirements)

5.1 XenServer Host System Requirements

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5.2 XenCenter System Requirements

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6. Learning Materials

6.1 51cto College teacher's video: http://edu.51cto.com/

The 6.2 Citrix official website provides documentation for the entire XenServer 6.5 series, linked as follows:
Http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenserver/nl/zh/cn/xs-wrapper-65.html?locale=cn

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6.3 For the English proficiency of students can go to YouTube and some foreign blog more browsing, to their own learning will be a great help and promotion.

6.4 XenServer 6.5 Installation media can apply for free trial and download from the Citrix website, if necessary can be in my blog message, I can directly share to everyone.

7. Introduction to the experimental environment

For experimentation and demonstration purposes, this series of shared experiments is done in VMware Workstation 10.0, please download and install VMware Workstation 10.0 in advance, if the notebook performance is good, of course, you can complete the experiment in the notebook.

This article from "Bright Future" blog, declined reprint!

Prepare for XenServer 6.5