Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
Para-virtualized Windows Drivers Guide
Using para-virtualized drivers with fully-virtualized Microsoft® Windows® Guests on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Edition 1.0
Perry Myers
Red Hat Emerging Technologies
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Abstract
This guide covers installation and usage of the para-virtualized
drivers for fully-virtualized Microsoft Windows guests on hosts
running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 and later. The
para-virtualized drivers provide fully-virtualized Microsoft
Windows guests with greater throughput and faster latency for
storage and networking devices. This guide assumes the reader is
familiar with system administration, software installation and
configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows
environments.
