> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kvm.xdr.ooo/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Installer Step Matrix

> Compare the current ordered workflow of the three installer families documented on this site.

# Installer Step Matrix

| Step | DP | Sensor | AIO + Sensor |
| -: | - | - | - |
| 1 | HW/NIC/disks | HW/NIC/CPU/memory/SPAN | HW/NIC/SPAN |
| 2 | HWE kernel | HWE kernel | HWE kernel |
| 3 | NIC/ifupdown/network | NIC/ifupdown/network | NIC/ifupdown/network |
| 4 | KVM/libvirt | KVM/libvirt | KVM/libvirt |
| 5 | Kernel/KSM/swap | Kernel/KSM/swap | Kernel/KSM/swap |
| 6 | SR-IOV drivers + NTPsec | libvirt hooks + NTPsec | libvirt hooks + NTPsec |
| 7 | DL/DA LVM | Sensor LV + download | AIO LVM |
| 8 | Hooks + OOM recovery | Sensor deploy | AIO download |
| 9 | DP image/scripts | Sensor network/SPAN | AIO deploy |
| 10 | DL-master deploy | Appliance CLI | Sensor LV + download |
| 11 | DA-master deploy | — | Sensor deploy |
| 12 | SR-IOV/CPU/passthrough | — | PCI passthrough/CPU affinity |
| 13 | Appliance CLI | — | Appliance CLI |
| 14 | NFS backup config | — | — |

> [!NOTE]
>
> Step IDs are persistent-state identifiers. Do not manually advance state to skip a failed prerequisite.


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