Hi,
I am planing a new home server. I have ordered a Intel Xeon E1230v2. The CPU supports the AES-NI extension. I want to install a Fileserver VM with a dedicated Controller Card (PCIe Passthrough, VT-d is available). Since I want to use encryption on Linux (luks/dmcrypt) I was wondering if it is possible to use the AES-NI extension in the guest VM. Has anybody ever tried this or does anyone know if it is possible? I did some googleing and I did not get any information about successful use of AES-NI in KVM guest VMs.
regards
pret
P.S. in hardforum I found the information that ESXi is supporting this feature in guest vms, so I think it could be possible for proxmox/kvm as well
I am planing a new home server. I have ordered a Intel Xeon E1230v2. The CPU supports the AES-NI extension. I want to install a Fileserver VM with a dedicated Controller Card (PCIe Passthrough, VT-d is available). Since I want to use encryption on Linux (luks/dmcrypt) I was wondering if it is possible to use the AES-NI extension in the guest VM. Has anybody ever tried this or does anyone know if it is possible? I did some googleing and I did not get any information about successful use of AES-NI in KVM guest VMs.
regards
pret
P.S. in hardforum I found the information that ESXi is supporting this feature in guest vms, so I think it could be possible for proxmox/kvm as well
