diff --git a/lib/constants.py b/lib/constants.py
index 058f2dd62e7daef392d4424d4a3899127ad41f3e..494531a5e01df1547338b097f513c451059c5f1a 100644
--- a/lib/constants.py
+++ b/lib/constants.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ VNC_BASE_PORT = 5900
 VNC_PASSWORD_FILE = _autoconf.SYSCONFDIR + "/ganeti/vnc-cluster-password"
 VNC_DEFAULT_BIND_ADDRESS = '0.0.0.0'
 
-# Device types
+# NIC types
 HT_NIC_RTL8139 = "rtl8139"
 HT_NIC_NE2K_PCI = "ne2k_pci"
 HT_NIC_NE2K_ISA = "ne2k_isa"
@@ -366,25 +366,40 @@ HT_NIC_I8259ER = "i82559er"
 HT_NIC_PCNET = "pcnet"
 HT_NIC_E1000 = "e1000"
 HT_NIC_PARAVIRTUAL = HT_DISK_PARAVIRTUAL = "paravirtual"
-HT_DISK_IOEMU = "ioemu"
-HT_DISK_IDE = "ide"
-HT_DISK_SCSI = "scsi"
-HT_DISK_SD = "sd"
-HT_DISK_MTD = "mtd"
-HT_DISK_PFLASH = "pflash"
 
 HT_HVM_VALID_NIC_TYPES = frozenset([HT_NIC_RTL8139, HT_NIC_NE2K_PCI,
                                     HT_NIC_NE2K_ISA, HT_NIC_PARAVIRTUAL])
-HT_HVM_VALID_DISK_TYPES = frozenset([HT_DISK_PARAVIRTUAL, HT_DISK_IOEMU])
 HT_KVM_VALID_NIC_TYPES = frozenset([HT_NIC_RTL8139, HT_NIC_NE2K_PCI,
                                     HT_NIC_NE2K_ISA, HT_NIC_I82551,
                                     HT_NIC_I85557B, HT_NIC_I8259ER,
                                     HT_NIC_PCNET, HT_NIC_E1000,
                                     HT_NIC_PARAVIRTUAL])
+# Disk types
+HT_DISK_IOEMU = "ioemu"
+HT_DISK_IDE = "ide"
+HT_DISK_SCSI = "scsi"
+HT_DISK_SD = "sd"
+HT_DISK_MTD = "mtd"
+HT_DISK_PFLASH = "pflash"
+
+HT_HVM_VALID_DISK_TYPES = frozenset([HT_DISK_PARAVIRTUAL, HT_DISK_IOEMU])
 HT_KVM_VALID_DISK_TYPES = frozenset([HT_DISK_PARAVIRTUAL, HT_DISK_IDE,
                                      HT_DISK_SCSI, HT_DISK_SD, HT_DISK_MTD,
                                      HT_DISK_PFLASH])
 
+# Mouse types:
+HT_MOUSE_MOUSE = "mouse"
+HT_MOUSE_TABLET = "tablet"
+
+HT_KVM_VALID_MOUSE_TYPES = frozenset([HT_MOUSE_MOUSE, HT_MOUSE_TABLET])
+
+# Boot order
+HT_BO_CDROM = "cdrom"
+HT_BO_DISK = "disk"
+HT_BO_NETWORK = "network"
+
+HT_KVM_VALID_BO_TYPES = frozenset([HT_BO_CDROM, HT_BO_DISK, HT_BO_NETWORK])
+
 # Cluster Verify steps
 VERIFY_NPLUSONE_MEM = 'nplusone_mem'
 VERIFY_OPTIONAL_CHECKS = frozenset([VERIFY_NPLUSONE_MEM])
@@ -501,7 +516,7 @@ HVC_DEFAULTS = {
     HV_VNC_X509: '',
     HV_VNC_X509_VERIFY: False,
     HV_CDROM_IMAGE_PATH: '',
-    HV_BOOT_ORDER: "disk",
+    HV_BOOT_ORDER: HT_BO_DISK,
     HV_NIC_TYPE: HT_NIC_PARAVIRTUAL,
     HV_DISK_TYPE: HT_DISK_PARAVIRTUAL,
     HV_USB_MOUSE: '',
diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
index 7e2fdea2c1fec6c5c076b43317000abe96afa8c1..ee33894806fc7135863cfb5e20e48d5dff1f9a5f 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_kvm.py
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ class KVMHypervisor(hv_base.BaseHypervisor):
       kvm_cmd.extend(['-no-acpi'])
 
     hvp = instance.hvparams
-    boot_disk = hvp[constants.HV_BOOT_ORDER] == "disk"
-    boot_cdrom = hvp[constants.HV_BOOT_ORDER] == "cdrom"
-    boot_network = hvp[constants.HV_BOOT_ORDER] == "network"
+    boot_disk = hvp[constants.HV_BOOT_ORDER] == constants.HT_BO_DISK
+    boot_cdrom = hvp[constants.HV_BOOT_ORDER] == constants.HT_BO_CDROM
+    boot_network = hvp[constants.HV_BOOT_ORDER] == constants.HT_BO_NETWORK
 
     if boot_network:
       kvm_cmd.extend(['-boot', 'n'])
@@ -723,35 +723,39 @@ class KVMHypervisor(hv_base.BaseHypervisor):
                                    " an absolute path, if defined")
 
     boot_order = hvparams[constants.HV_BOOT_ORDER]
-    if boot_order not in ('cdrom', 'disk', 'network'):
-      raise errors.HypervisorError("The boot order must be 'cdrom', 'disk' or"
-                                   " 'network'")
+    if boot_order not in constants.HT_KVM_VALID_BO_TYPES:
+      raise errors.HypervisorError(\
+        "The boot order must be one of %s" %
+        utils.CommaJoin(constants.HT_KVM_VALID_BO_TYPES))
 
-    if boot_order == 'cdrom' and not iso_path:
-      raise errors.HypervisorError("Cannot boot from cdrom without an ISO path")
+    if boot_order == constants.HT_BO_CDROM and not iso_path:
+      raise errors.HypervisorError("Cannot boot from cdrom without an"
+                                   " ISO path")
 
     nic_type = hvparams[constants.HV_NIC_TYPE]
     if nic_type not in constants.HT_KVM_VALID_NIC_TYPES:
-      raise errors.HypervisorError("Invalid NIC type %s specified for the KVM"
-                                   " hypervisor. Please choose one of: %s" %
-                                   (nic_type,
-                                    constants.HT_KVM_VALID_NIC_TYPES))
-    elif boot_order == 'network' and nic_type == constants.HT_NIC_PARAVIRTUAL:
+      raise errors.HypervisorError(\
+        "Invalid NIC type %s specified for the KVM"
+        " hypervisor. Please choose one of: %s" %
+        (nic_type, utils.CommaJoin(constants.HT_KVM_VALID_NIC_TYPES)))
+    elif (boot_order == constants.HT_BO_NETWORK and
+          nic_type == constants.HT_NIC_PARAVIRTUAL):
       raise errors.HypervisorError("Cannot boot from a paravirtual NIC. Please"
-                                   " change the nic type.")
+                                   " change the NIC type.")
 
     disk_type = hvparams[constants.HV_DISK_TYPE]
     if disk_type not in constants.HT_KVM_VALID_DISK_TYPES:
-      raise errors.HypervisorError("Invalid disk type %s specified for the KVM"
-                                   " hypervisor. Please choose one of: %s" %
-                                   (disk_type,
-                                    constants.HT_KVM_VALID_DISK_TYPES))
+      raise errors.HypervisorError(\
+        "Invalid disk type %s specified for the KVM"
+        " hypervisor. Please choose one of: %s" %
+        (disk_type, utils.CommaJoin(constants.HT_KVM_VALID_DISK_TYPES)))
 
     mouse_type = hvparams[constants.HV_USB_MOUSE]
-    if mouse_type and mouse_type not in ('mouse', 'tablet'):
-      raise errors.HypervisorError("Invalid usb mouse type %s specified for"
-                                   " the KVM hyervisor. Please choose"
-                                   " 'mouse' or 'tablet'" % mouse_type)
+    if mouse_type and mouse_type not in constants.HT_KVM_VALID_MOUSE_TYPES:
+      raise errors.HypervisorError(\
+        "Invalid usb mouse type %s specified for the KVM hypervisor. Please"
+        " choose one of %s" %
+        utils.CommaJoin(constants.HT_KVM_VALID_MOUSE_TYPES))
 
   def ValidateParameters(self, hvparams):
     """Check the given parameters for validity.
diff --git a/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py b/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py
index 959958deb9cdedb5e810770ef0ee9263c015ef99..4579f4db8b5e6677ed08a80bfc6aceb647697f32 100644
--- a/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py
+++ b/lib/hypervisor/hv_xen.py
@@ -535,16 +535,16 @@ class XenHvmHypervisor(XenHypervisor):
     # device type checks
     nic_type = hvparams[constants.HV_NIC_TYPE]
     if nic_type not in constants.HT_HVM_VALID_NIC_TYPES:
-      raise errors.HypervisorError("Invalid NIC type %s specified for the Xen"
-                                   " HVM hypervisor. Please choose one of: %s"
-                                   % (nic_type,
-                                      constants.HT_HVM_VALID_NIC_TYPES))
+      raise errors.HypervisorError(\
+        "Invalid NIC type %s specified for the Xen"
+        " HVM hypervisor. Please choose one of: %s"
+        % (nic_type, utils.CommaJoin(constants.HT_HVM_VALID_NIC_TYPES)))
     disk_type = hvparams[constants.HV_DISK_TYPE]
     if disk_type not in constants.HT_HVM_VALID_DISK_TYPES:
-      raise errors.HypervisorError("Invalid disk type %s specified for the Xen"
-                                   " HVM hypervisor. Please choose one of: %s"
-                                   % (disk_type,
-                                      constants.HT_HVM_VALID_DISK_TYPES))
+      raise errors.HypervisorError(\
+        "Invalid disk type %s specified for the Xen"
+        " HVM hypervisor. Please choose one of: %s"
+        % (disk_type, utils.CommaJoin(constants.HT_HVM_VALID_DISK_TYPES)))
     # vnc_bind_address verification
     vnc_bind_address = hvparams[constants.HV_VNC_BIND_ADDRESS]
     if vnc_bind_address:
diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index 786cb0e54e9ca6d70ba4ebdce13cd6bc7a0c688d..e876e2c3e6433273e520d1766e192321b19e2f0c 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -1833,6 +1833,16 @@ def SafeEncode(text):
   return text
 
 
+def CommaJoin(names):
+  """Nicely join a set of identifiers.
+
+  @param names: set, list or tuple
+  @return: a string with the formatted results
+
+  """
+  return ", ".join(["'%s'" % val for val in names])
+
+
 def LockedMethod(fn):
   """Synchronized object access decorator.