• Network Security Manager On-Premises
• Overview
  • About NSM
  • Related Documents
  • Conventions
    • UI Conventions
    • Guide Conventions
• Before Starting
  • Installation Quick Start
  • Prerequisites
  • Supported Firewalls
  • System Requirements
    • Capacity Requirements
    • Scaling Up
    • Licensing Model
  • Creating an MSW Account
  • Obtaining the Image
    • Obtaining a New Licensed Image
    • Obtaining a Trial Version
    • Downloading NSM for an Existing Instance
• Installing NSM on ESXi Server
  • Installing on ESXi Server
  • Connecting to the Console from ESXI
• Installing NSM on Hyper-V
  • Preparing the Windows Server System
  • Installing NSM On-Premises on Hyper-V
  • Connecting to the Console from Hyper-V
• Installing NSM on KVM
  • Deploying NSM on KVM via Virtual Machine Manager
• Installing NSM on Azure
• NSM Settings and Registration
  • Configuring NSM Network Settings
  • Registering NSM
  • Associating Firewalls on MSW
  • Unregistering NSM
• Console Operations
  • Management Console Operations
  • NSM Management Console Menu
  • Using SafeMode on the Management Console
    • Enabling SafeMode
    • Disabling SafeMode
    • Configuring Network Interfaces in SafeMode
      • Configuring Interface Settings
      • Disabling an Interface
    • Installing a Software Upgrade in SafeMode
    • Downloading Logs in SafeMode
• Using NSM
  • Interface Overview
  • Dashboard
  • Creating a Tenant
  • Creating a New User
  • Adding a Device
• Integrate On-Prem Analytics with NSM
• Upgrade Instructions
  • Upgrade Using Management Console
  • Upgrading SonicOS Firmware
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Preparing the KVM Server

Before installing KVM on Ubuntu, you have to verify if the hardware supports KVM. Availability of CPU virtualization extensions such as AMD-V and Intel-VT is the minimum requirement for installing KVM.

To check whether the Ubuntu system supports virtualization, run the following command. If the outcome is greater than 0, then it implies that virtualization is supported:

$ egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo

To check if your system supports KVM virtualization, execute the following command:

$ sudo kvm-ok

If the “kvm-ok” utility is not present on your server, you can install it by running the following command:

$ sudo apt install cpu-checker

Now execute the “kvm-ok” command to probe your system:

$ sudo kvm-ok
INFO: /dev/kvm exists
KVM acceleration can be used

The output clearly indicates that you are ready to proceed with the installation of KVM.