Specifications

Basic System Administration
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 SystemResourceAllocation–Displaysthehost’sresourceallocationsettings.This
includesmemoryandCPUusage.TheEditdialogboxesallowyoutoconfigure
amountsofCPUsharesandmemorysharesarereservedforhostuse.The
Simple/Advancedtoggleddialogboxallowsyoutoconfigurethehost’sresource
poolsCPUand
memoryreservedsharesforselectedhostfunctions.
SeetheResourceManagementGuideforcompleteinformationonconfiguringand
usingyourvirtualmachineresources.
 AdvancedSettings–DisplaysalistofsettingsthatVMwarerecommendsyouuse
onlywhendirectedtobyVMwaretechnicalsupport.
ESX Server Network Configuration
ThenetworkingchaptersoftheESXServer3ConfigurationGuideandtheESXServer3i
ConfigurationGuideprovideyouwithaconceptualunderstandingofphysicaland
virtualnetworkconcepts,adescriptionofthebasictasksyoumustcompleteto
configureyourESXServerhost’snetworkconnections,andadiscussionofadvanced
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networkingtopicsandtasks.Thenetworkingsectioncontainsthefollowingchapters:
 Networking–Introducesyoutonetworkconceptsandguidesyouthroughthe
mostcommontasksyoumustcompletewhensettingupthenetworkfortheESX
Serverhost.
 AdvancedNetworking–Coversadvancednetworkingtaskssuchassettingup
MACaddresses,editingvirtualswitchesandports,andDNSrouting.Inaddition,
itprovidestipsonmakingyournetworkconfigurationmoreefficient.
 NetworkingScenariosandTroubleshooting–(IntheESXServer3Configuration
Guideonly)Describescommonnetworkingconfigurationandtroubleshooting
scenarios.
ESX Server Storage Configuration
TheESXServerstoragechaptersoftheESXServer3ConfigurationGuideandtheESX
Server3iConfigurationGuideprovideyouwithabasicunderstandingofstorage,a
descriptionofthebasictasksyouperformtoconfigureandmanageyourESXServer
host’sstorage,andadiscussionofhowtoset
uprawdevicemapping.Thestorage
sectioncontainsthefollowingchapters:
 IntroductiontoStorage–Introducesyoutothetypesofstorageyoucanconfigure
fortheESXServerhost.
 ConfiguringStorage–ExplainshowtoconfigurelocalSCSIstorage,Fibre
Channelstorage,andiSCSIstorage.ItalsoaddressesVMFSstorageand
network‐attachedstorage.