CHAPTER 1 Introduction and System Requirements
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Memory
You need enough memory to run the Windows or Linux host operating system, plus
memory required for each guest operating system and applications on the host and
each guest; see your guest operating system and application documentation for their
memory requirements.
• Minimum: 512MB
• Maximum: 64GB for Windows hosts and Linux hosts that support large memory
or are PAE-enabled, 4GB for non-PAE-enabled Windows hosts or 2GB for Linux
hosts with kernels in the 2.2.x series
Display
• 16-bit display adapter or higher
Host Hard Disk
• 130MB free disk space on Windows hosts required for server, VMware
Management Interface, VmPerl API, VmCOM API and VMware Virtual Machine
Console installation
• 20MB free disk space on Linux hosts required for server, VMware Management
Interface, VmPerl API and VMware Virtual Machine Console installation
• Disk space in /tmp on Linux hosts should be equivalent to 1.5 times the amount
of memory on the host. For information on the /tmp directory, read VMware
knowledge base article 844 at
www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=844.
• At least 1GB free disk space recommended for each guest operating system and
the application software used with it; using a default setup, the actual disk space
needs are approximately the same as those for installing and running the guest
operating system and applications on a physical computer
• IDE or SCSI hard drives, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives supported
• Guest operating systems can reside in virtual disk files or on physical (raw) disk
partitions
Local Area Networking
• Any Ethernet controller that the host operating system supports
• Non-Ethernet networks are supported using built-in network address translation
(NAT) or using a combination of host-only networking plus routing software on
the host operating system
• A static IP address for your host machine (recommended)
