VMware GSX 3 User Manual

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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide

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

Same processor as that on host computer (but no extended 64-bit support 
available)

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

Intel 440BX-based motherboard with NS338 SIO chip and 82093AA IOAPIC 

PhoenixBIOS™ 4.0 Release 6 with VESA BIOS

DMI/SMBIOS-compliant for system management agent support

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

VGA and SVGA support 

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

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