Kernel based Virtual Machine

SMA and CMS is enhanced to support KVM hypervisor. KVM, or Kernel based Virtual Machine is a software module that allows Linux to operate as a hypervisor. QEMU, or Quick Emulator, allows guest operating systems to run on the KVM hypervisor and supports virtualization where applications executing in the user space can achieve near native speeds through full virtualization or paravirtualization.

SMA supports the following hypervisors:

• VMware ESX
• Amazon EC2
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft HyperV
• QEMU + KVM

For more information on how to configure SMA on KVM, refer to the SMA 12.4 KVM Getting Started Guide.