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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 that your guest operating system can see.
Virtual Processor
  • Same processor as that on host computer (but no extended 64-bit support available)
  • Single processor per virtual machine on symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) systems
    • Virtual Chip Set
  • Intel 440BX-based motherboard with NS338 SIO chip and 82093AA IOAPIC
    • Virtual BIOS
  • PhoenixBIOS™ 4.0 Release 6 with VESA BIOS
  • DMI/SMBIOS-compliant for system management agent support
    • Virtual Memory
  • Up to 3600MB of memory per virtual machine, depending upon the host system's configuration, the types of applications running on the host and the amount of memory on the host
    • Virtual Graphics
  • VGA and SVGA support
    • Virtual 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
    • Virtual SCSI Devices
  • Up to 60 devices on up to four virtual SCSI controllers
  • SCSI virtual disks up to 256GB
  • Hard disks can be virtual disks or physical disks
  • Generic SCSI support allows scanners, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, tape drives and other SCSI devices to be used without requiring drivers in the host operating system
  • Mylex® (BusLogic) BT-958 compatible host bus adapter
  • LSI Logic Ultra160 LSI53C10xx SCSI controller
    • Virtual PCI Slots
  • Six virtual PCI slots, to be divided among the virtual SCSI controllers, virtual Ethernet cards, virtual display adapter and virtual sound adapter
    • Virtual Floppy Drives
  • Up to two 1.44MB floppy devices
  • Physical drives or floppy image files
    • Virtual Serial (COM) Ports
  • Up to four serial (COM) ports
  • Output to serial ports, Windows files, Linux files or named pipes
    • Virtual Parallel (LPT) Ports
  • Up to three bidirectional parallel (LPT) ports
  • Output to parallel ports or host operating system files
    • Virtual USB ports
  • Two-port USB 1.1 UHCI controller
  • Supported devices include USB printers, scanners, PDAs, hard disk drives, memory card readers and still digital cameras
    • Virtual Keyboard
  • 104-key Windows 95/98 enhanced
    • Virtual Mouse and Drawing Tablets
  • PS/2 mouse
  • Serial tablet support
    • Virtual Ethernet Card
  • Up to four virtual Ethernet cards
  • AMD PCnet-PCI II compatible
  • Wireless networking support with bridged and NAT networking
  • PXE ROM version 2.0
    • Virtual Networking
  • Nine virtual Ethernet switches (three configured by default for bridged, host-only and NAT networking)
  • Virtual networking supports most Ethernet-based protocols, including 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
    • Virtual Sound Adapter
  • Sound output and input
  • Creative Labs Sound Blaster® AudioPCI emulation (MIDI input, game controllers and joysticks are not supported)


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