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1. Perform the following to export the display on your desktop if you are remotely accessing the KVM host system.
   
   

   1. Log onto KVM host system through SSH and telnet client such as PuTTY.

       

   2. Enter the following command to export the display:

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      export DISPLAY=<system_IP>:0.0

      where <system_IP> is the system IP address where GUI is exported for display.

       

   3. Enter the following command to launch the virtual machine manager (virt manager) on your system.

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      virt-manager

      Note
      Ensure Xserver is running on the host system to import the display on your desktop.

      The Virtual Machine Manager window displays.

2. Click New to create a new VM.

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   0 Figure 1 Virtual Machine Manager

   
   The Create a new virtual machine window displays.

    

3. In Step 1 of Create a new virtual machine window:
   

   1. Enter the name for the virtual machine in Name field.

   2. Select Local install media (ISO image or CDROM).

   3. Click Forward.

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      0 Figure 1 Create New Virtual Machine

      
      The locate your install media window displays.

       

4. In Step 2 of Create a new virtual machine window:

   1. Select Use ISO image and click Browse.

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      0 Figure 1 Locate Install Media

      
      The Locate ISO media volume window displays.

       

   2. Click Browse Local.

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      0 Figure 1 Locate ISO media volume

      
      The Locate ISO media window displays.

       

   3. Navigate to the folder containing the media file; select the ISO file and click Open.

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      0 Figure 1 Locate ISO Media

      
      The directory path of the selected ISO is displayed in Use ISO image field.

       

5. In Step 2 of Create a new virtual machine window: 
   1. Click the OS type drop-down list and select Linux.
   2. Click the Version drop-down list and select Debian Jessie.

   3. Click Forward.

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      0 Figure 1 OS Selection

      
      The memory and CPU settings window displays.

       

6. In Step 3 of Create a new virtual machine window:
   
   1. In the Memory (RAM) field, enter 17408 MB as the RAM size.
   2. In the CPUs field, enter 4 as the number of vCPUs.

   3. Click Forward.

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      0 Figure 1 Memory and CPU Settings

      The storage details window displays.

       

7. In Step 4 of Create a new virtual machine window:

   1. Select the Enable storage for this virtual machine option.

   2. Select the Create a disk image on the computer's hard drive option and enter 100 GB as the hard drive space.

   3. Select the Allocate entire disk now checkbox.

   4. Click Forward.

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      0 Figure 1 VM Storage Information

      
      The ready to begin installation window displays.

       

8. In Step 5 of Create a new virtual machine window:

   1. Select the Customize configuration before install checkbox.

   2. Click Finish.

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      0 Figure 1 VM Installation Information

      
      The VM configuration screen displays.

       

9. Perform the following steps to configure the VM settings:

   1. In the left pane, click Processor. The corresponding processor options displays.

      1. Click Configuration to expand the section.

      2. Click Copy host CPU configuration.

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         The Model field displays the host CPU configuration running on the host system like SandyBridge or Nehalem.

      3. Click Topology to expand the section.
      4. Select Manually set CPU topology checkbox.
      5. In the Sockets field, enter 1 as number of sockets required for the instance.
      6. In the Cores field, enter 4 as the number of cores required for the instance.

      7. In the Threads field, enter 1 as the number of threads required for the instance.

      8. Click Apply. 
         
         

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         0 Figure 1 VM Configuration Screen

         Note
         Minimum four cores are required to load SBC SWe, for more information on CPU pining, see Performance Tuning the VM Instance.

   2. In the left pane, click Disk 1. The corresponding disk options displays.

      1. Click Advanced options to expand the section and select the IDE from the drop-down list as the Disk bus value.

      2. Click Apply.

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         0 Figure 1 Disk Options Information

   3. In the left pane, click NIC. The corresponding network interface options displays.

      1. Click Source device drop-down list and select a device for MGT interface.

      2. Click Device Model drop-down list and select virtio.

      3. Click Apply.

      4. Click Add Hardware to add a NIC for HA interface.

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         0 Figure 1 Virtual Network Interface

         The Add New Virtual Hardware window displays.

      5. In the left pane, click Network.

      6. Click the Host device drop-down list and select a device for HA interface.

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         By default, the MAC address for the selected host device is displayed in the MAC address field. Do not uncheck the MAC address checkbox.

      7. Click Device Model drop-down list and select virtio.

      8. Click Finish.

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         0 Figure 1 Adding Networks

         The new NIC is listed in the left pane. 

      9. Select the new NIC.

      10. Click Source mode drop-down list and select Bridge.

      11. Click Apply.

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          0 Figure 1 Assigning Source Mode

   4. In the left pane, click Processor. The corresponding processor options displays.

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         Click Add Hardware.
         Add New Virtual Hardware window displays.
      2. In the left pane, click PCI Host Device. The PCI host devices options displays.
      3. Scroll through the list and select the interface added to the PCI list.

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         Click Finish.

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         0 Figure 1 PCI Device

         The added PCI device for PKT0 is listed in the left pane.

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         0 Figure 1 Added PCI Device

      5. Repeat steps 9 (d) [i] through 9 (d) [iv] to add another PCI device for PKT1.

   5. Configure the VM for CPU pinning to optimize performance. Complete the following steps:

      1. Force off the instance.
      2. Complete the CPU pinning procedure. 

      3. Return to the VM Configuration screen and select Boot Options in the left pane. 

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         0 Figure 1 Boot Options
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      4. Update the Boot device order so that IDE CDROM1 is first, followed by VirtIO Disk 1.

      5. Click Apply.

   6. Click Begin Installation.

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      0 Figure 1 Begin SBC SWe Installation

      The ConnexIP Installer Boot Menu displays.

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