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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
Updating the Startup Profile
Use the Startup Profiles option to create and modify ESX Server boot configurations.
For each configuration, you can specify how you wish to allocate your devices: to the
virtual machines, to the service console or shared between them.
For information about changing the startup profile, see the VMware ESX Server
Installation Guide.
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