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    <h1>Internal drivers</h1>

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    <p>
      The libvirt public API delegates its implementation to one or
      more internal drivers, depending on the <a href="uri.html">connection URI</a>
      passed when initializing the library. There is always a hypervisor driver
      active, and if the libvirt daemon is available there will usually be a
      network and storage driver active.
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    <h2><a name="hypervisor">Hypervisor drivers</a></h2>

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      The hypervisor drivers currently supported by libvirt are:
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      <li><strong><a href="drvlxc.html">LXC</a></strong> - Linux Containers</li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvopenvz.html">OpenVZ</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvqemu.html">QEMU</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvtest.html">Test</a></strong> - Used for testing</li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvuml.html">UML</a></strong> - User Mode Linux</li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvvbox.html">VirtualBox</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvesx.html">VMware ESX</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvvmware.html">VMware Workstation/Player</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvxen.html">Xen</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvhyperv.html">Microsoft Hyper-V</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvphyp.html">IBM PowerVM (phyp)</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvparallels.html">Parallels</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="drvbhyve.html">Bhyve</a></strong> - The BSD Hypervisor</li>
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    <h2><a name="storage">Storage drivers</a></h2>

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      <li><strong><a href="storage.html#StorageBackendDir">Directory backend</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="storage.html#StorageBackendFS">Local filesystem backend</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="storage.html#StorageBackendNetFS">Network filesystem backend</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="storage.html#StorageBackendLogical">Logical Volume Manager (LVM) backend</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="storage.html#StorageBackendDisk">Disk backend</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="storage.html#StorageBackendISCSI">iSCSI backend</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="storage.html#StorageBackendSCSI">SCSI backend</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="storage.html#StorageBackendMultipath">Multipath backend</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="storage.html#StorageBackendRBD">RBD (RADOS Block Device) backend</a></strong></li>
      <li><strong><a href="storage.html#StorageBackendSheepdog">Sheepdog backend</a></strong></li>
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