Friday, February 24, 2012

Virtualization Support on the HP Elite 8200 SFF w/ vPro

SO, I get this model PC for my desk to use as a Parallels Virtual Machine Host to test new servers because of the size and the fact that it sports the 2nd Gen i7 chip with vPro.  I maxed the ram to 16GB and installed the latest Parallels Workstation 6 which told me I don't have VTS turned on in BIOS.  No biggie I go to BIOS and spend the next 30 minutes looking for VTS in BIOS.  I gave up and called HP Support.

I got someone in the US!  He spent the next 30 mintues trying to find it in his BIOS simulator.
After checking with others in his call center they were able to find it under the SECURITY tab under System Security!

Where else would this live?  It's so obvious.
This is the type of crap that makes IT jobs secure.  If the nerds can't find it the end-users are F'd and need us even more.


This is in version 2.15 of the System BIOS which as of today is the latest.
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  1. svenMay 14, 2012 at 1:56 PM

    I've also lost 30 minute of my life looking for the VT in 8200's elite BIOS.
    Thanks for the post!!!
    I went straight to Advance with no luck :)

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    1. RoyMay 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM

      Thanks for posting!
      I only wrote a couple of posts and then let the blog die, but I will continue to write up these odd ball issues I come across in the hopes I can save someone a headache.

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