Hardware Requirements

• A TPM (v1.2 or above) The BIOS feature is often called something like “embedded security device”
• Hardware Virtualization extensions
  • Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
• Hardware Support for DMA Isolation
  • Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
• 2nd-level page tables Typically turned on implicitly along with Virtualization extensions, if the processor supports it.
  • Intel Extended Page Tables (EPT)
• Dynamic root of trust
  • Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT).

Note

When purchasing a new machine, do not take it for granted that any newer Intel will have the necessary capabilities. Check Intel processor capabilities at: http://ark.intel.com/