This is how you check it

egrep '(vmx|svm)' --color=always /proc/cpuinfo

If you get vmx (intel) or svm – (amd) it does.

root@digitalwhores:/home# grep --color vmx /proc/cpuinfo
flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm rep_good nopl pni vmx cx16 popcnt hypervisor lahf_lm

XEN kernel? try

cat /sys/hypervisor/properties/capabilities

 

My PowerEdge doesn’t?! f*ck!

 

INTEL:

VT-x, shows in /proc/cpuinfo as the vmx flag. (grep vmx /proc/cpuinfo)

AKA Vanderpool

See Wikipedia’s article on x86 virtualization, for a list of processors that include it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Intel_Virtualization_Technology_for_x86_.28Intel_VT-x.29 Continue reading Does your cpu supports virtualization? →