Citrix* Xenserver* 5.5.0 Installation Recipe Overview; Additional Documentation; Enterprise-Ready Features In Xenserver* 5.5.0 - Intel S3420GP Installation Manual

Citrix* XenServer* 5.5.0 Installation Guide -
Intel® Server Board S3420GP

Citrix* XenServer* 5.5.0 Installation Recipe Overview

This Intel® ESAA recipe is an installation guide for Citrix* XenServer* 5.5.0, a platform virtualization
solution. The XenServer package contains everything needed to create a network of virtual x86
computers running on Xen*, the open-source paravirtualizing hypervisor with near-native performance.
This recipe contains information for the installation, configuration, and initial operation of XenServer.
This recipe also contains information about troubleshooting problems that may occur during
installation, and where to go for further information.

Additional Documentation

Other documentation shipped with this release includes:
XenServer Virtual Machine Installation Guide - Describes how to install Linux* and Windows* VMs
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on top of a XenServer* deployment. In addition to explaining how to install new VMs from install
media or via the VM templates provided with the XenServer release, this guide also explains how
to create VMs from existing physical machines, via a process called "P2V".
XenServer Administrator's Guide - Describes the steps to configure a XenServer* deployment,
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how to set up storage, networking and resource pools, and how to administer XenServer hosts
using the "xe" command line interface (CLI).
XenServer Software Development Kit Guide - Presents an overview of the XenServer* SDK*, a
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selection of code samples that demonstrate how to write applications that interface with
XenServer hosts.
XenAPI Specification - Provides a programmer's reference guide to the XenServer* API*.
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Release Notes - Provides a list of known issues that affect this release.
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Enterprise-Ready Features in XenServer* 5.5.0

XenServer* 5.5.0 includes a number of new features and ongoing improvements in hardware support,
performance and scalability. For a detailed list, refer to the XenServer 5.5.0 Release Notes. The
following is a summary of features in XenServer 5.5.0 that deliver enterprise-class virtualization
infrastructure, with those added in version 5.5.0 indicated
New Guest Support
The following new guest operating systems have been added in XenServer* 5.0.0 and XenServer
5.5.0:
Windows Server* 2008 32-bit and 64-bit support, with WHQL signed paravirtual drivers and initial
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enlightenment optimizations.
Windows XP* Service Pack 3 and Vista* Service Pack 1 support.
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SUSE* Enterprise Linux* 9 SP4 32-bit and 10 SP1/2 and 11 64-bit support.
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Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* 4.7 32-bit and 5.2 and 5.3 32-bit/64-bit support, including graphical
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installation.
SUSE* Enterprise Linux* 10 installation directly from CD or ISO images as well as network
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repositories.
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