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KVM is included with a variety of Linux-based operating systems. Although you are not required to run these distributions, the following are recommended: CentOS / RHEL: 6.3 Ubuntu: 12.04(.1) The main requirement for KVM hypervisors is the libvirt and Qemu version. No matter what Linux distribution you are using, make sure the following requirements are met: libvirt: 0.9.4 or higher Qemu/KVM: 1.0 or higher In addition, the following hardware requirements apply: Hosts must be certified as compatible with the selected operating system. For example, see the RHEL Hardware Compatibility Guide at https://hardware.redhat.com/. Within a single cluster, the hosts must be of the same kernel version. For example, if one host is RHEL6 64 bit, they must all be RHEL6 64 bit. All hosts within a cluster must be homogenous. The CPUs must be of the same type, count, and feature flags. Must support HVM (Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled) 64-bit x86 CPU (more cores results in better performance) Hardware virtualization support required 4 GB of memory 36 GB of local disk At least 1 NIC Statically allocated IP Address Latest hotfixes applied to hypervisor software When you deploy &PRODUCT;, the hypervisor host must not have any VMs already running