Specifications

Administration Guide
188 VMware, Inc.
Startup Profile
From!the!Options!tab!of!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!use!the!Startup!Profiles!
option!to!create!and!modify!ESX!Server!boot!configurations.!For!each!configuration,!
you!can!specify!how!you!want!to!allocate!your!devices:!to!the!virtual!machines,!to!the!
service!console,!or!shared!between!them.
If!you!add!new!
hardware!to!your!ESX!Server!system,!such!as!extra!SCSI!controllers!or!
network!adapters,!you!can!specify!here!whether!to!allocate!the!new!hardware!to!the!
vmkernel!and!virtual!machines,!or!allocate!it!to!the!service!console.
You!also!enable!Hyper‐Threading!for!your!server!with!the!startup!profile.!
Hyper‐Threading!
allows!ESX!Server!to!operate!with!two!logical!CPUs!for!each!physical!
CPU!you!have!installed!in!your!system.!Select!the!Enable!Hyper‐Threading!option!to!
enable!this!feature.!See!“Using!Hyper‐Threading”!on!page 335.
For!more!information!on!the!changes!an!administrator!can!expect!to!see!when!running!
ESX!Server!
on!a!HT!system!and!details!on!the!advanced!algorithms!and!configuration!
options!used!to!maximize!performance!of!ESX!Server!on!a!Hyper‐Threaded!system,!
refer!to!HyperThreading!Support!in!VMware!ESX!Server!2.1!at!
http://www.vmware.com/support/resources/esx_resources.html.!
If!you!make!any!changes!to!the!startup!profile,!you!must!reboot! the!
server!for!your!
changes!to!take!effect.
Network Connections
From!the!Options!tab!of!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!use!the!Network!
Connections!option!to!configure!the!network!connections.!
Figure 6-1. Virtual Switches tab: Network Connections