4Contents
Guest Operating Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
GuestOS Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
GuestOS Performance Tuning Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Product Documentation Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Technical Support Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Newsgroups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Tables
Table 1-1. Base ESXServer System
Hardware Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Table 1-2. Additional Supported Devices for a Stand-Alone
ESXServer System Configuration . . . . . . . . 1-8
Table 1-3. Additional Supported Devices for a SAN-attached
ESXServer System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Table 1-4. Recommended VirtualCenter Server
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Table 1-5. Suggested Disk Partitioning within
VMwareESX Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Table 1-6. Limiting Resources by Application Type . . . . 1-23
Figures
Figure 1-1. VMwareESX Server Architecture . . . . . . . 1-5
Figure 1-2. Non-VirtualCenter Configuration, One or More
PowerEdge Servers withOptional SAN . . . . 1-9
Figure 1-3. VirtualCenter Configuration with SAN for
VMotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Figure 1-4. VirtualCenter Configuration with SAN for
VMotion (with HBA Failover) . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Figure 1-5. Example of a Management Station and
Managed Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
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