Dell Optiplex 3020 Mini Tower - Does it support hardware virtualization?
Recently I purchased a Dell Optiplex 3020 Mini-Tower. Details are below. I'm planing on installing Windows Server 2012 with a couple Hyper-V virtual machines on the box and make it my inexpensive home server with couple of VMs for development purposes. My hardware guy warned me "Make sure it supports hardware virtualization, otherwise the Hyper-V VM's will be slow." He recommend that I fire up the machine and poke around the BIOS. Is this the best way to make the determination?
OptiPlex 3020 Minitower BTX Base
(1x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC
US English (QWERTY) Dell KB212-B QuietKey USB Keyboard Black
Display Not Included
Intel Integrated Graphics, Dell OptiPlex
No Wireless LAN Card
500GB 3.5inch Serial ATA (7,200 Rpm) Hard Drive
No Media Card Reader
No Additional Network Card Selected (Integrated NIC included)
16X Half Height DVD+/-RW Drive
OptiPlex 3020 Minitower BTX Base
(1x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC
US English (QWERTY) Dell KB212-B QuietKey USB Keyboard Black
Display Not Included
Intel Integrated Graphics, Dell OptiPlex
No Wireless LAN Card
500GB 3.5inch Serial ATA (7,200 Rpm) Hard Drive
No Media Card Reader
No Additional Network Card Selected (Integrated NIC included)
16X Half Height DVD+/-RW Drive
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All terrific suggestions. Hyper-V works!
Coreinfo...
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc835722.aspx
or SecureAble
https://www.grc.com/securable.htm
Also when you Add the Hyper-V Role, it will usually tell you, if Intel VT is not enabled in the BIOS.
What is the Processor ?
If it's a Core i5, it should have Intel VT, you have just got to enable it in the BIOS, if it's disabled.