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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
•   Chip Set
•   BIOS
•   Memory
•   Graphics
•   IDE Drives
•   SCSI Devices
•   Floppy Drives
•   USB ports
•   Keyboard
•   Ethernet Card
•   Sound
Processor
•   Same processor as that on host computer
•   One virtual processor on a host with one or more logical processors
•   Two virtual processors (two-way virtual symmetric multiprocessing, or Virtual SMP) on a host with at least two logical processors.
Note: The following are all considered to have two logical processors:
•   A single-processor host with hyperthreading enabled
•   A single-processor host with a dual-core CPU
•   A multiprocessor host with two CPUs, neither of which are dual-core or have hyperthreading enabled
See Using Two-Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing (Experimental).
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 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 950GB
•   CD-ROM can be a physical device or an ISO image file
SCSI Devices
•   Up to seven devices
•   SCSI virtual disks up to 950GB
•   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 three bidirectional parallel (LPT) ports
•   Output to parallel ports or host operating system files
USB ports
•   Two-port USB 1.1 UHCI controller
•   Supports most 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
•   For 64-bit guests: Intel Pro/1000 MT Server Adapter compatible
Sound
•   Sound output and input
•   Emulates Creative Labs Sound Blaster AudioPCI (MIDI input, game controllers and joysticks are not supported, except for USB devices)
Virtual Networking
•   Support for nine or more virtual Ethernet switches, depending on the host operating system. Three switches are configured by default for bridged, host-only, and NAT networking.
•   Support for 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, including VPN support for PPTP over NAT.

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