Intel Virtualization Technology

[mdjmcnally]

Could someone recommend a motherboard that supports the Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 and Intel Virtualization Technology, that also has Linux 64bit Driver support.

Looking to put together two home servers for running CentOS5 and VMWare Server, or if no Linux support then Win2K3 and Virtual Server 2005SP1.

I am not bothered about Overclock ability.

 

[mdjmcnally]

I know that this board is rock solid and has excellent support:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-016-IN&tool=3

I would recommended others but I haven't tested them in a 64 bit *nix environment.

I know that it supports the quad core and seems to be reliable, however I have not been able to find anything to say that it will support the Intel VT, can you confirm that it definitely supports Intel Virtualization Technology in the BIOS

 

[mdjmcnally]

That merely lists that the Intel VT is a feature of the processor, it does not mean that the BIOS on the motherboard supports Intel VT and Intel VT to work correctly. All of the Core2 series whether Duo or Quad support the feature on the CPU, it depends if the motherboard manufacturer has added the support into the BIOS. None of the manufacturers actually state if they have enabled or not and cannot see anything mentioned in the manual for this motherboard or BIOS updates.

I have been burned like this before with a Supermicro NF2200 board, where Nvidia says that the chipset supports RAID5, and the equivalent Tyan board does, however Supermicro have decided not to implement the feature on there boards.

I have dropped you an email to your hotmail account.

± Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) requires a computer system with an enabled Intel® processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and for some uses, certain platform software enabled for it. Functionality, performance or other benefits will vary depending on hardware and software configurations. Intel Virtualization Technology-enabled BIOS and VMM applications are currently in development.

 

[mdjmcnally]

Thanks for that I will give one a go next month after I get paid