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 Virtual Machine Specifications

Virtual Machine Specifications

Each virtual machine created with GSX Server provides a platform that includes the following devices your guest operating system can see.

Processor

Processor

  • Intel Pentium II or later, depending on host processor

  • Single processor per virtual machine on symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) systems

Chip Set

Chip Set

  • Intel 440BX-based motherboard with NS338 SIO chip

BIOS

BIOS

  • PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6

  • DMI/SMBIOS-compliant for system management agent support

Memory

Memory

Up to 2000MB of memory per virtual machine, depending upon host operating system, the host system's configuration, the types of applications running on the host and the amount of memory on the host. VMware testing has determined the following memory limits for a virtual machine, based on the host operating system on which the virtual machine is running:

  • For Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 hosts: up to 1600MB per virtual machine, depending on host memory

  • For Linux hosts with kernels in the 2.4.x series: up to 2000MB per virtual machine, depending on host memory

  • For Windows NT and Linux hosts with kernels in the 2.2.x series: up to 1300MB per virtual machine, depending on host memory

Graphics

Graphics

  • VGA and SVGA support

IDE Drives

IDE Drives

  • Up to four devices — disks, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM (DVD drives can be used to read data DVD-ROM discs; DVD video is not supported)

  • Hard disks can be virtual disks or physical disks

  • IDE virtual disks up to 128GB

  • CD-ROM can be a physical device or an ISO image file

SCSI Devices

SCSI Devices

  • Up to 14 devices on 2 virtual SCSI controllers

  • SCSI virtual disks up to 256GB

  • Hard disks can be virtual disks or physical disks

  • Generic SCSI support allows devices to be used without need for drivers in the host operating system; works with scanners, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, tape drives and other SCSI devices

  • Mylex® (BusLogic) BT-958 compatible host bus adapter (requires add-on driver from VMware for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003)

Floppy Drives

Floppy Drives

  • Up to two 1.44MB floppy devices

  • Physical drives or floppy image files

Serial (COM) Ports

Serial (COM) Ports

  • Up to four serial (COM) ports

  • Output to serial ports, Windows files, Linux files or named pipes

Parallel (LPT) Ports

Parallel (LPT) Ports

  • Up to two bidirectional parallel (LPT) ports

  • Output to parallel ports or host operating system files

USB ports

USB ports

  • Two-port USB 1.1 controller

  • Supports devices including USB printers, scanners, PDAs, hard disk drives, memory card readers and still digital cameras

Keyboard

Keyboard

  • 104-key Windows 95/98 enhanced

Mouse and Drawing Tablets

Mouse and Drawing Tablets

  • PS/2 mouse

  • Serial tablets supported

Ethernet Card

Ethernet Card

  • Up to three virtual Ethernet cards

  • AMD PCnet-PCI II compatible

Sound

Sound

  • Sound output and input

  • Creative Labs Sound Blaster® 16, PCM sound compatible (MIDI sound, game controllers and joysticks not supported.)

Virtual Networking and File Sharing

Virtual Networking and File Sharing

  • Nine virtual Ethernet switches (three reserved for bridged, host-only and NAT networking)

  • Virtual Ethernet support includes TCP/IP, NetBEUI, Microsoft Networking, Samba, Novell® NetWare® and Network File System

  • Built-in NAT supports client software using TCP/IP, FTP, DNS, HTTP and Telnet

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