[OmniOS-discuss] newbie virtualisation question

[Alex Wilson]

On 09/12/12 20:58, Alex Wilson wrote:
> The E5405 is a Harpertown Xeon (based on Penryn), which only has VT-x 
> and not the necessary EPT capabilities to be able to use illumos KVM. 
> The Intel ARK website is a liar, and claims that all VT-x CPUs have 
> EPT -- only Nehalem-based Xeons have this capability.
I should amend this -- only Xeons based on Nehalem _or later_ 
microarchitectures have this capability. Sandy/Ivy Bridge and the 
upcoming Haswell are all fine too. Just not Penryn or earlier.

-Alex