VMware GSX 3 User Manual

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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide

The remote client is a Windows or Linux system from which you launch the VMware 
Virtual Machine Console or use VMware Scripting APIs to remotely manage virtual 
machines on the GSX Server host. You access the VMware Management Interface to 
manage virtual machines on the host using a Web browser. 

Standard x86-based computer

266MHz or faster processor 

64MB RAM minimum

20MB (for Windows hosts) or 10MB (for Linux hosts) free disk space is required for 
installation of the VMware Virtual Machine Console

17MB free disk space is required for VMware Scripting APIs (VmCOM and VmPerl 
Scripting APIs) installation on Windows remote clients; 14MB is required for 
VmPerl API on Linux remote clients

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, 
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003 Web Edition

Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition 
Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2

Windows 2000 Professional, Server and Advanced Server, Service Pack 1, Service 
Pack 2, Service Pack 3 and Service Pack 4

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and Server, Service Pack 6a, with Internet Explorer 
6.0 installed

The VMware Management Interface requires one of these browsers: 

• Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0 (6.0 highly recommended)

• Firefox 1.x

• Mozilla 1.x

• Netscape Navigator 7.0

Note:  As new browser versions are released, VMware tests the management 
interface for stability and reliability with these versions. We make every effort to 
add support for new browser versions in a timely manner, but until a browser is 
added to the above list, its use with our product is not supported. For the latest