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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide
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
