Installing SBC SWe Lite on KVM Hypervisor

In this section:

Prerequisites

Refer to Downloading the SBC SWe Lite Package prior to performing this procedure.

Copy the following disk image files to disk storage location (typically /var/lib/libvirt/images) on the host machine.

SBCSWeLite-disk1.qcow2
SBCSWeLite-disk2.qcow2
SBCSWeLite-disk3.qcow2

Note

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supports one Network Management interface and up to four Network Media interfaces. The minimal networking configuration (one management and one media interface) requires two bridge interfaces configured on Hyper Visor host. To support maximum 1+4 configuration, Hyper Visor host must have five bridge interfaces configured prior to the Virtual Machine (VM) installation.

Create New Virtual Machine

Start the Virtual Machine Manager.

Start Virtual Machine
Select New Virtual Machine from the File drop-down menu.

New Virtual Machine
From the Create New Virtual Machine dialog, select Import existing disk image and click Forward.

Create New Virtual Machine
Select Linux from the OS type drop-down menu.
Select Debian Squeeze from the Version drop-down menu .
Click Browse and navigate to the location of the disk image.

Storage Path
From the Choose Storage Volume dialog, select file SBCSWeLite-disk1.qcow2, then click Choose Volume.

Choose Volume
Click Forward.

OS Type and Version
Set Memory (RAM) field to 1024 and CPUs field to 1, and click Forward.

Memory and CPU Settings
Enter the name of your new VM in the Name field.
Select the Customize configuration before install option.
From the New VM dialog, select the applicable network from the Network selection drop-down menu, and click Finish.

Note

This is the network used for the Management Interface.

Finalizing Create New Virtual Machine

Customize Configuration

Adding the Virtual Disks

In the new pop-up window, select Disk 1 (VirtIO or IDE).
Expand Advanced options and select IDE from the Disk bus drop-down menu.
Select qcow2 from the Storage format drop-down menu and click Apply.

Adding Hardware
Click Add Hardware.
Select Storage.
Select Select or create custom storage.
Navigate to file SBCSWeLite disk2.qcow2, and click Finish.

Managing Storage
Repeat steps 4-7 for IDE Disk 3.

Repeat for Disk Three

Modify Network Interface Device Model

Select NIC.
Select e1000 from the Device model drop-down menu, then click Apply.

Modify Virtual Network Interface

Add Virtual Network Interfaces

Click Add Hardware.
From the Add New Virtual Hardware dialog, select Network.
Select the desired Bridge id from the Network source drop-down menu.
Select e1000 from the Device model drop-down menu, and then click Finish.
Repeat steps 1-4 for additional Network Interfaces.

Adding Network Interfaces

Notes

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Virtual Machine requires five Virtual Network Interfaces configured, regardless of the actual number of Networks used by the guest VM.
The first Virtual NIC must use a dedicated bridge (Network source). The Network source can then be used to configure the four remaining Virtual NICs.

Finalize Installation

From the Virtual Machine dialog, click Begin installation.

Begin Final Installation

Note

The configured VM starts automatically as shown below.

SBC SWe Lite Running
Click the monitor icon in the header to open the VM console and proceed with the
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initial setup.

Open VM Console
To stop the VM, right-click on the desired Virtual Machine and select Shut Down, and then Force Off.

Shut Down/Force Off

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