Vista - Hyper-V - Hardware compatibility?

I'm looking for some guidance on component selection for a system to run Hyper-V. I'm aware of the HCL, but am looking for a motherboard/processor solution that has been demonstrated to work. This will be a "lab" machine, not production.

I'm leaning toward an Intel 5400 series processor.

The Intel S5000PSL board meets my basic criteria.
32 GB RAM support
SATA support with basic RAID
Dual NICs
Video

Intel will say the combination supports virtualization extensions and is certified for the Windows Server 2008 64 bit operating system, but considers Hyper-V an application and defers to Microsoft for clarification.

I'm aware of the caveats about everything requiring latest/greatest drivers.

What are you using successfully with Hyper-V


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Trey Shaffer

There's no rocket science here. The hardware requirements are really pretty
simple - if it supports hardware virtualization, either Intel VT or AMD
Pacifica (whatever it was finally named), it has execute disable, and the
BIOS is up to date, you can run Hyper-V. I currently run Hyper-V on widely
divergent hardware - everything from an old Asus mobo with an Intel D-930 in
it (one of the first chips with VT), to an HP ML-350 with dual 5130s. And my
next box will probably be a dual Opteron, just to have the alternative.

It doesn't take a certified machine, IOW. If Intel says it will run Server
2k8 64-bit, then it should run Hyper-V just fine.

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Charlie.
"Trey Shaffer" <Trey@xxxxxx-Family.com> wrote in message
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I'm looking for some guidance on component selection for a system to run
Hyper-V. I'm aware of the HCL, but am looking for a motherboard/processor
solution that has been demonstrated to work. This will be a "lab" machine,
not production.

I'm leaning toward an Intel 5400 series processor.

The Intel S5000PSL board meets my basic criteria.
32 GB RAM support
SATA support with basic RAID
Dual NICs
Video

Intel will say the combination supports virtualization extensions and is
certified for the Windows Server 2008 64 bit operating system, but considers
Hyper-V an application and defers to Microsoft for clarification.

I'm aware of the caveats about everything requiring latest/greatest drivers.

What are you using successfully with Hyper-V


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Trey Shaffer

That is the answer I was hoping for...

I found a lot of compatibility discussion during the "RC" days, but hoped it
would settle out once it went "gold."

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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