Specifications

CHAPTER 1 Introduction and System Requirements

Supported Guest Operating Systems

The operating systems listed here have been tested in VMware GSX Server 3 virtual

machines and are officially supported. For notes on installing the most common guest

operating systems, see the VMware Guest Operating System Installation Guide, available

from the VMware Web site or from the Help menu.

Operating systems that are not listed are not supported for use in a VMware GSX

Server virtual machine. For the most recent list of supported guest operating systems,

visit the VMware Web site at

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

Microsoft Windows

• Microsoft Windows code named Longhorn (experimental support)

• Windows Server 2003 Web Edition, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition,

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and Windows Small Business Server

2003

• Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition, including Service Pack

1 and Service Pack 2 Beta

• Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced

Server, including Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3 and Service Pack 4

and Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 checked build

• Windows NT® 4.0 Server Service Pack 6a, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, including

Service Pack 6a and Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 6a

• Windows Me

• Windows 98 (including latest Customer Service Packs) and Windows 98 SE

• Windows 95 (including Service Pack 1 and all OSR releases)

• Windows for Workgroups 3.11

• Windows 3.1

Microsoft MS-DOS

• MS-DOS 6.22

Linux

• Mandrake Linux 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2

• Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 and 9.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (AS, ES,

WS) 2.1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (AS, ES, WS) 3.0