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What Hypervisors have you tried LTM VE in?
While VMware Workstation 7, ESX and ESXi 4 are supported, many of the other Hypervisors on the market are not. This does not mean that the LTM VE will not run in them. Folks have had great success w...
Hamish
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Cirrocumulus
Parallels Desktop 4 (Does Not Work!)
The reason parallels desktop doesn't work is the ethernet interface. VMWare provides pcnet32 (Management) and 82545 (Intel Gb) interface
emulation. While Parallels provides a Realtek (RTL-8029) interface. While not normally a problem with most OS's, the vLTM is of course customised,
and doesn't include the RTL network module (8390.ko IIRC).
If I get time some day, I may try creating or finding an existing module suitable for the kernel that F5 use. (Yes, buying VMWare Fusion would
probably be easier, but I've never gone the easy route yet, why start now...
I don't know what Parallels 5 provides...
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