Hyper-V and BIOS settings

Hyper-V hardware requirement

1. 64-bit (x64) processor and 64 bit Windows 2008 (R2) server

2. Hardware Virtualization Assists

- Intel VT-x (initially codenamed Vanderpool)

- AMD AMD-V (also called SVM and initially codename Pacifica)

3. Hardware Data Execution Prevention

- Intel Execute Disable (XD)

- AMD No Execute (NX).

4. SLAT hardware - required for using RemoteFX, highly recommended for traditional server virtualization

- Intel Extended Page Tables (EPT).

- AMD Nested Page Tables (NPT) or Rapid Virtualization Indexing (RVI).

- Intel VT-d

- Trusted Execution

Details at Enable Hardware settings in BIOS to run Hyper V