Does the Dell XPS One 27 Touch Support SLAT for Windows 8 64-bit Hyper-V?

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2013-08
  • Kerry

    64-bit Windows 8 has Hyper-V (virtualization) built-in.

    Hyper-V only works if the host machine is equipped with a 64-bit processor that supports a feature called Second Level Address Translation (SLAT). [SLAT may also be known as extended page tables (EPT), Rapid Virtualization Indexing (RVI) and nested page tables (NPT)].

    Does the "Dell XPS One 27 Touch" PC with i7 processor released in Q4 2012 support SLAT so that you can use the Hyper-V feature built-in to Windows 8?

    ** Note: I should have mentioned that I do not have this system and can't personally check it.

    The processor in question does support SLAT/EPT because it has the i7-3700S processor. Still concerned about the potential BIOS/Setup dependency though at the overall system level.

    When looking through the owners manual for this machine I do NOT see a specific setting to enable SLAT/EPT (unless it is named yet again something else in the Dell setup screen). So I was hoping someone who has the machine could confirm Hyper-V actually works.

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  • Kerry

    Yes, both Dell XPS One 27 Touch models support SLAT.

    (first one has a i5-3330s, the other one has a i5-3450S, as you can see at the bottom of their datasheet both support EPT/SLAT)

    The OP asked about this 27inch touch model with the i7-3770s specifically, but the answer is correct for both. The OP verfied with an actual machine with Windows 8 Pro that SLAT was available.

  • Taylor Gibb

    I have written an article on how to check over at How-To Geek.

    In summary:

    • Download the coreinfo utility from SysInternals
    • Then use it with the -v switch
    • If you have an Intel Processor the results will have an asterisk in the EPT row, if you have an AMD it will have an asterisk in the NPT row.

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  • Russ

    Now that Windows 7 Enterprise is available for VLK Users to download, I would like to check it out. The only thing holding me back is that I am an application developer (currently developing on a Windows Server 2008 installation) and the most useful thing I use is Hyper-V to create VMs of the systems I would like to test on.

    Is it possible to run Hyper-V under Windows 7 Enterprise? Or am I stuck with Windows Server 2008?


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  • John T

    Unfortunately that seems to be the case:

    System requirements / Specifications

    • An x64-based processor running an x64 version of Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise or Windows Server 2008 Datacenter.

    Hyper-V System Requirements and Specifications

    Credits to Diago:

    The alternative to Hyper-V for Windows 7 is Virtual PC for Windows 7 available here. It is currently in RC but will be available soon. It also requires hardware assisted virtualization to work.

    If you want 64-Bit VM's however you will have to load Windows Server 2008 and load Hyper-V since Virtual PC does not support this.

    For 64-Bit VirtualBox or VMware are good options.

  • William Hilsum

    Windows 7 runs fine on Hyper-V, Hyper-V does not run on Windows 7.

    As other people have said, you can use Microsoft Virtual PC or Vmware Workstation along with a whole load of other VM software.

  • Nick Whaley

    You are stuck with Windows Server 2008 if you have to use Hyper-V. You can always switch to another virtualization software like VMware or VirtualPC or you can wait until Server 2008 R2 is released, which is the server version of Windows 7.