Installation guide

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines
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1. In the Hardware page, under Processors and Memory, click Edit. The Processors
and Memory page appears.
2. Depending upon the guest operating system and the number of processors
with which it is configured, a message appears under Edit Processor
Configuration. Provided the guest operating system is multi-processor capable,
and if you want to change the number the number of processors, click the click
here link, then choose the number of virtual processors in the Processors list.
3. In the Memory field, enter the amount of memory to allocate to the virtual
machine. The amount must be a multiple of 4.
4. Click OK to save your change and close the window.
Configuring a Virtual Machine’s Virtual Network Adapters
You can configure the settings for the virtual machine’s virtual network adapter. These
settings include the virtual network device to which the virtual machine is bound and
the network driver it uses.
To choose the virtual network device, select either the vmnic or vmxnet adapter. A
vmnic adapter connects the virtual machine to the physical network adapter,
allowing the virtual machine to look and act as another computer on the network. A
vmnet adapter connects the virtual machine to an internal network of other virtual
machines. All the virtual machines on this computer connected to a particular vmnet
are on the same network.
To choose the network driver for this network connection, you can choose between
the vlance driver, which installs automatically, and the vmxnet driver, which
provides better network performance. The difference in network performance is most
noticeable if the virtual machine is connected to a Gigabit Ethernet card.