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= my book
:doctype: book
:toc: left
:toclevels: 3
:toc-title: Table of Content
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:Author:  Ping Song
:Author Initials: SP
:Date:   Aug 2015
:Email:   [email protected]
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:CPU-SPEC: http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/vmx15.1/topics/reference/general/vmx-package-contents.html
:VMX-release-note: http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/vmx15.1/information-products/topic-collections/release-notes/index.html
:libvirt 1.2.8 release: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2014-September/msg00055.html
:VMX public URL: https://www.juniper.net/support/downloads/?p=vmx

Version 0.1    [email protected]        (2015-11-23)  


Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a virtualization infrastructure for the
Linux kernel that turns it into a hypervisor. It has been gaining industry
traction and market share in a wide variety of software deployments in just a
few short years. KVM turns to be a very interesting virtualization topic and is
well positioned for the future.

== prepare for the installation

=== identify current system info

before starting the installation, we need to collect some basic info about the
server that VMX is going to be installed on. At mininum, make sure the server
complies to the
http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/vmx15.1/topics/reference/general/vmx-hw-sw-minimums.html#sw-req["Minimum
Hardware and Software Requirements"]

==== server Manufacturer/model/SN

* this server is a `ProLiant BL660c Gen8` server.
* chassis SN is `USE4379WSS`

TIP: same info can be acquired from ILO, but command from remote ssh session is
more convenient.

[source,bash]
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ping@trinity:~$ sudo dmidecode |sed -n '/System Info/,/^$/p' 
System Information
        Manufacturer: HP
        Product Name: ProLiant BL660c Gen8          #<------
        Version: Not Specified
        Serial Number: USE4379WSS                   #<------
        UUID: 31393736-3831-5355-4534-333739575353
        Wake-up Type: Power Switch
        SKU Number: 679118-B21      
        Family: ProLiant
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==== Operating System

.this server's operation system info:

* linux distribution: ubuntu 14.04.2
* linux kernel in use: `3.19.0-25-generic`
* linux kernel needs to be changed if VMX needs to be setup with `SR-IOV`. 

[source,bash]
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ping@trinity:~$ cat /etc/issue.net  
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS

ping@trinity:~$ lsb_release -a 
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS  #<------
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty

ping@trinity:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release  
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=trusty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS"

ping@trinity:~$ uname -a 
Linux trinity 3.19.0-25-generic #26~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 24 21:16:20 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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