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Chapter 6 Administering ESX Server
Advanced Settings
From!the!Options!tab!of!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!use!the!Advanced!
Settings!option!to!view!and!modify!the!configuration!parameters!of!the!VMkernel.
Figure 6-8. Advanced Settings: Configuration Parameters of the VMkernel
When!you!configure!the!VMware!ESX!Server!computer!(see!the!VMware!ESX!Server!
Installation!Guide),!some!system!parameters!are!assigned!default!values.!These!
parameters!control!
settings!for!memory,!the!processor,!and!networking,!for!example,!
and!affect!the!running!of!virtual!machines.!You!can!view!these!settings!from!the!
management!interface.
If!you!are!logged!in!as!the!root!user,!you!can!change!the!values!for!these!parameters!to!
fine!tune!the!running!of!virtual!machines.!
CAUTION Do!not!change!these!settings!unless!you!are!working!with!the!VMware!
support!team!or!you!have!thorough!information!about!which!values!you!
should!use.