Chapter 4. Citrix XenServer Installation and Configuration

4.1. Username and Password
4.2. Physical Networking Setup

If you wish to run Citrix XenServer as the underlying hypervisor read and follow the steps in this chapter. Otherwise you can continue on to the chapter on installation and configuration of KVM

Citrix XenServer 5.6 GA must be installed on the Hosts. Citrix XenServer can be downloaded from the Citrix Website (http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/lp/lp_1688615.asp) and installed using the Citrix XenServer Installation Guide.

Important

All hosts must be 64-bit and must support HVM (Intel-VT or AMD-V enabled). All Hosts within a Cluster must be homogenous. That means the CPUs must be of the same type, count, and feature flags. See http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/4.0.1/reference/ch02.html for more information on homogenous XenServer hosts.

Important

You must re-install Citrix XenServer if you are going to re-use a host from a previous install.

Important

The CloudStack requires XenServer 5.6. XenServer 5.5 update 2 is not supported.

4.1. Username and Password

All XenServers in a Cluster must have the same username and password as configured in the CloudStack.