SVP Guest OS (maximum one DKC per SVP guest OS)
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Two virtual CPUs
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One virtual network adapter
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4 GB RAM
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120 GB disk space
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One of the following 64-bit operating systems:
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For VMware ESXi 6.0.0: Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)
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For VMware ESXi 6.0 U2: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
Miscellaneous
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WinZip
Hyper-threading
To support a virtual SVP, verify that hyper-threading is active for the ESXi server and VM
guest host.
Note: Hyper-threading is enabled by default.
Configuring the virtual SVP
After preparing the environment, activating hyper-threading on both the ESXi server and
VM guest host, and verifying the configuration layout, use the following procedure to
configure the virtual SVP.
Procedure
1. Create a Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1 on the ESXi host.
2. Verify the virtual network connection is properly assigned to the appropriate virtual
machine network.
Hyper-threading
Chapter 7: Installing the SVP software on a VMware ESXi host
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