Specifications

VMware, Inc. Update–5
Updates for the Basic Administration Guide
Updates to the Adding a Host Section on Page 119
ThenoteintheAddingaHostsectionshouldcontainthefollowinginformation
regardingtheLockdownmode:
Updates to the Importing a Virtual Appliance Procedure
on Page 141
Step 6oftheToimportavirtualapplianceprocedurestatesincorrectinformation.
The nameprovidedtothedatacenteriscase‐insensitive.
Updates to the Change the Memory Configuration
Procedure on Page 182
Step 3oftheTochangethememoryconfigurationprocedurestatesincorrect
informationabouttherangeofmemorysupported.Thecorrectrangeofmemory
supportedis128MBto65532MB.
Updates for the To Change the Serial Port Configuration
Procedure on Page 184
ThefollowingnoteshouldprecedetheTochangetheserialportconfiguration
procedure:
Updates to the Change the virtual processor or CPU
configuration Procedure on Page 186
ThenoteinTochangethevirtualprocessororCPUconfigurationsectioncontaining
informationonthesupportforchangingthenumberofprocessorsinanimported
virtualmachineisincorrect.Thecorrectinformationis
N
OTELockdownMode,whichisavailableonlyinESXiEmbedded,isnotavailablein
ESXinstallations.LockdownModedisablesremoteaccessfortheadministratorafter
VirtualCenterServertakescontroloftheESXihost.Formoredetails,referthesection
ESXServer3iLockdownModeinESXServer3iConfigurationGuide.
NOTEHostserialdevicefunctionalityisnotavailableonESXihosts.
NOTENotallguestoperatingsystemssupportSMP,andsomethatdorequire
reinstallationifthenumberofCPUschanges.