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Virtual Machine Specifications
Virtual Machine Specifications
Each virtual machine created with VMware Workstation 5 provides a platform that includes the following devices that your guest operating system can see.
Processor
Same processor as that on host computer
Note: A 64-bit processor runs in 32-bit legacy mode inside the virtual machine.
Single processor per virtual machine on symmetric multiprocessor systems
Chip Set
Intel 440BX-based motherboard
NS338 SIO
82093AA IOAPIC
BIOS
PhoenixBIOS™ 4.0 Release 6 with VESA BIOS
Memory
Up to 3.6GB, depending on host memory
Maximum of 4GB total available for all virtual machines
Graphics
VGA and SVGA support
IDE Drives
Up to four devicesdisks, 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
SCSI Devices
Up to seven devices
SCSI virtual disks up to 256GB
Hard disks can be virtual disks or physical disks
Generic SCSI support allows devices to be used without need for drivers in the host operating system. Works with scanners, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, tape drives and other SCSI devices
LSI Logic® LSI53C10xx Ultra320 SCSI I/O controller
Mylex® (BusLogic) BT-958 compatible host bus adapter (requires add-on driver from VMware for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003)
Floppy Drives
Up to two 1.44MB floppy devices
Physical drives or floppy image files
Serial (COM) Ports
Up to four serial (COM) ports
Output to serial ports, Windows or Linux files, or named pipes
Parallel (LPT) Ports
Up to two bidirectional parallel (LPT) ports
Output to parallel ports or host operating system files
USB ports
Two-port USB 1.1 UHCI controller
Supports devices including USB printers, scanners, PDAs, hard disk drives, memory card readers and digital cameras, as well as streaming devices such as webcams, speakers, and microphones.
Keyboard
104-key Windows 95/98 enhanced
Mouse and Drawing Tablets
PS/2 mouse
Serial tablets supported
Ethernet Card
Up to three virtual Ethernet cards
AMD PCnet-PCI II compatible
Sound
Sound output and input
Emulates Creative Labs Sound Blaster AudioPCI (MIDI input, game controllers and joysticks not supported)
Virtual Networking
Nine virtual Ethernet switches (three configured by default for bridged, host-only and NAT networking)
Virtual networking supports most Ethernet-based protocols, including TCP/IP, NetBEUI, Microsoft Networking, Samba, Novell NetWare and Network File System
Built-in NAT supports client software using TCP/IP, FTP, DNS, HTTP and Telnet
VPN support for PPTP over NAT