55* A machine with access to the Internet to use Fabricator and build installer with at least 8 GB RAM and 25 GB of disk space
66* An 16 GB USB flash drive, if you are not using virtual media
77* Have a machine to function as the Fabric Control Node. [ System Requirements] ( ./requirements.md ) as well as IPMI access to it to install
8- the OS.
8+ the OS. Only UEFI is supported.
99* A management switch with at least 1 10GbE port is recommended
1010* Enough [ Supported Switches] ( ./supported-devices.md ) for your Fabric
1111
12+ !!! tip "Control nodes on virtual machines"
13+ Running control nodes on virtual machines is possible, although not officially supported. If you use virtual
14+ machines, make sure to use UEFI boot.
15+
1216## Overview of Install Process
1317
1418This section is dedicated to the Hedgehog Fabric installation on bare-metal control node(s) and switches, their
@@ -34,11 +38,11 @@ The main steps to install Fabric are:
3438
3539## Build Control Node configuration and Installer
3640Hedgehog has created a command line utility, called ` hhfab ` , that helps generate the wiring diagram and fabric configuration,
37- validate the supplied configurations, and generate an installation image (.img or .iso) suitable
41+ validate the supplied configurations, and generate an installation image (.img or .iso) suitable
3842for writing to a USB flash drive or mounting via IPMI virtual media. The first ` hhfab ` command to
39- run is ` hhfab init ` . This will generate the main configuration file, ` fab.yaml ` . ` fab.yaml ` is
40- responsible for almost every configuration of the fabric with the exception of the wiring. Each
41- command and subcommand have usage messages, simply supply the ` -h ` flag to your command or sub
43+ run is ` hhfab init ` . This will generate the main configuration file, ` fab.yaml ` . ` fab.yaml ` is
44+ responsible for almost every configuration of the fabric with the exception of the wiring. Each
45+ command and subcommand have usage messages, simply supply the ` -h ` flag to your command or sub
4246command to see the available options. For example ` hhfab vlab -h ` and ` hhfab vlab gen -h ` .
4347
4448### HHFAB commands to make a bootable image
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