Specifications

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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide

• 17MB free disk space is required for VMware Scripting APIs (VmCOM and VmPerl

Scripting APIs) installation on Windows remote clients; 14MB is required for

VmPerl API on Linux remote clients

Software - Windows Remote Client

• Windows Server 2003 Standard edition, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise edition

and Windows Server 2003 Web edition

• Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition

Service Pack 1

• Windows 2000 Professional, Server and Advanced Server, Service Pack 1, Service

Pack 2, Service Pack 3 and Service Pack 4

• Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and Server, Service Pack 6a

• The VMware Management Interface requires one of these browsers:

• Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0 (6.0 highly recommended)

• Netscape Navigator 7.0

• Mozilla 1.x

Note: As new browser versions are released, VMware tests the management

interface for stability and reliability with these versions. We make every effort to

add support for new browser versions in a timely manner, but until a browser is

added to the above list, its use with our product is not supported. For the latest

system requirements, go to the VMware Web site at

www.vmware.com/support/gsx3/doc/intro_sysreqs_host_gsx.html.

Software - Linux Remote Client

• Standard Linux installation is required with glibc version 2.1 or higher and one

of the following kernels:

• For single-processor systems: kernel 2.0.32 or higher in the 2.0.x series, or

kernel in the 2.2.x series or 2.4.x series

• For SMP systems: kernel in the 2.2.x series or 2.4.x series

Note: Linux kernel 2.2.14-5.0 is not supported.

• Perl 5.005x or higher is required to use VmPerl API

• X server is required to run the VMware Virtual Machine Console on the client

• The VMware Management Interface requires one of these browsers:

• Netscape Navigator 7.0

• Mozilla 1.x