Novell Doc: OES 2 SP3: Getting Started with OES and Virtualized NetWare - Virtualization Host Server Requirements

2.1 Virtualization Host Server Requirements

For the tasks and exercises described in this section, you need the following in addition to those listed in Section 1.1, Lab Setup Requirements.

A server-class computer with the following:

Component	Minimum	Recommended
Processor	Pentium II or AMD K7 450 MHz	Pentium III, Pentium III Xeon, Pentium 4, Intel Xeon 700 MHz, AMD K8 CPUs (Athlon64 and Opteron), Intel EM64T or higher processor
RAM	1 GB	2 GB
Display adapter	Super VGA	VESA 1.2-compliant, high resolution
CD drive	Supports the ElTorito Specification
Hard drive (All data will be erased)	40 GB
Network card	Ethernet 100 Mbps
IP address	Two IP addresses on the lab subnet (one for the OES 2 VM host and one for the NetWare VM). For example, 192.168.1.120 and 192.168.1.130. Subnet mask. For example, 255.255.255.0. Default gateway. For example, 192.168.1.1.
Mouse	Not required	USB or PS/2

Installation software to match the processor type and removable media support of your VM host server.

If you need to download and prepare different media than you used for the first server, go to Section 1.2, Obtaining Installation Media.

IMPORTANT:For installing the virtualized NetWare 6.5 SP8 guest server, you download the NetWare DVD ISO file to the VM host server desktop after the host server is installed and running.