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This guide covers installation and usage of the para-virtualized
drivers for fully virtualized Microsoft®Windows® guests on hosts running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 and later.
The para-virtualized drivers provide fully virtualized Microsoft®Windows® virtual guests with greater throughput and faster latency for
storage and networking devices. This guide assumes the reader is
familiar with system administration, software installation and
configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows® environments.