Citrix Hypervisor 8.1

Citrix have released a new version of Citrix Hypervisor 8.1 (aka XenServer)
I am very excited about this release because now Citrix is supporting the new AMD latest Rome CPU and support multiple NVIDIA vGPU and guest UEFI secure boot. The Citrix Hypervisor platform has been updated to use Xen hypervisor version 4.13. Lots of new features 🙂
What is new in Citrix Hypervisor 8.1
Citrix Hypervisor 8.1 provides the following new features and enhancements
- Guest UEFI boot and Secure Boot
- Multiple vGPU
- Citrix Hypervisor – Performance improvements
- Changes to guest operating system support
- Changes to processor support
- Citrix Hypervisor Conversion Manager console capabilities are now included in XenCenter
- Update to Xen hypervisor
- PVS accelerator optimised for Citrix Hypervisor 8.1
Citrix Hypervisor 8.1 is a Current Release (CR). The Current Release model allows customers to consume new features at the earliest possible juncture. A Current Release contrasts with the Long Term Service Release (XenServer 7.1 LTSR), which guarantees stability in terms of the feature set.
Citrix Hypervisor 8.1 is available in the following editions:
- Premium Edition (previously Enterprise Edition)
- Standard Edition
- Express Edition (previously Free Edition)