Specifications

CHAPTER 1 Introduction and System Requirements

Support for Clustering with the iSCSI Protocol

Using the iSCSI protocol allows you to set up a clustering environment across hosts.

For more information, see Clustering Using the iSCSI Protocol in the VMware GSX Server

Administration Guide.

Dual-Core Processor Licensing Compatibility

The two processor version of GSX Server now supports systems with two dual-core

processors.

Critical Bugs Fixed in GSX Server 3.2

Bugs fixed in this release include:

• Fix for panic that occurs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS host.

• Fix for core dump when powering on virtual machine on Fedora Core 3 host.

(Fedora is not a supported GSX Server host operating system.)

• Fix to allow USB devices to work in virtual machines on SUSE LINUX 9.1 host.

• Correction for monitor error that occurred when upgrading Windows Server

2003 guest operating system to Service Pack 1 RC1.

• Fix for inability to power on virtual machine with legacy virtual disk.

• Fix for DirectInput error that occurred when GSX Server automatically powered

on a virtual machine when the Windows host starts. The message read:

Failed to create DirectInput object-

HRESULT(0x80004001:sev 1 fac 0 code 16385]:

Unknown error 16385(0x4001)

• Fix for memory issue on hosts with 32GB RAM.

• Fix for VirtualCenter alarm showing maximum memory usage when virtual

machine is idle or under low usage.

• Fix to prompt user to power off any running virtual machines before running the

vmware-config.pl configuration program.

• Fix for security vulnerability described in CAN-2004-0700.

• Fix to improve scalability and performance on NUMA hardware.

Features in Version 3.1

Here are some highlights of key features to explore in VMware GSX Server 3.1: