Scenario #1

Objective:

Create a simple, stand-alone virtualization host using only directly-attached storage and a simple Ethernet LAN using XenServer 6.5.

Resources:
Hardware:

Any standard x86_64 computer with 1 Ethernet PIF.

Software:

XenServer, Version 6.5

IP-Based Services:

This tutorial requires the following IP-based services to already be available:

  1. DHCP
  2. NAT
Discussion:

While this is a very simple scenario it does illustrate a few very practical use cases: The use of virtualization to consolidate existing IP services onto a single piece of hardware or to expand IP services using existing hardware.

This Tutorial makes the standard set of assumptions:

  • The DAS of the virtualization platform has enough capacity to host all of the guests’ VDI’s.
  • The available memory of the virtualization platform has enough capacity to host all of the guests plus 2 GB of RAM for the hypervisor.
  • The virtualization platform’s network uplink and the network infrastructure both have enough capacity for all of the guests’ network demands.
Tutorials:
  • Tutorial #1 – Coming soon!
  • Tutorial #2 – Coming soon!
  • Tutorial #3 – Coming soon!