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Hardware Device Description
VMCI Virtual Machine Communication Interface device. Provides a high-speed
communication channel between a virtual machine and the hypervisor. You cannot add
or remove VMCI devices.
NVMe controller NVM Express controller. NVMe is a logical device interface specification for accessing
nonvolatile storage media attached through a PCI Express (PCIe) bus in real and
virtual hardware.
NVDIMM controller Provides access to the non-volatile memory resources of the host.
NVDIMM device Non-Volatile Dual In-Line Memory Module. NVDIMM modules are memory devices that
sit on an ordinary memory channel, but contain non-volatile memory. You can add up
to 64 virtual NVDIMM devices to a virtual machine.
TPM device Trusted Platoform Module. When you add a virtual TPM 2.0 device to a virtual
machine, the guest OS uses the device to store sensitive information, perform
cryptographic tasks, or attest the integrity of the guest platform.
Virtual Machine Options
Use the available virtual machine options to fine-tune the settings and behaviour of your virtual machine
and to ensure maximum performance.
A virtual machine might be running in any of several locations, such as ESXi hosts, datacenters, clusters,
or resource pools. Many of the options and resources that you configure have dependencies on and
relationships with these objects.
VMware virtual machines have the following options.
General Options View or modify the virtual machine name, and check the location of the
configuration file and the working location of the virtual machine.
Encryption Options Enable or disable encryption for the virtual machine if the vCenter Server
instance is in a trusted relationship with a KMS server. For more
information, see the vSphere Security documentation.
You can also enable or disable encrypted vMotion for virtual machines that
are not encrypted. You can set encrypted vMotion to the disabled,
opportunistic, or required state. You can enable encrpyted vMotion during
virtual machine creation. Alternatively, you can change the encrypted
vMotion state at a later time. For more information, see the vCenter Server
and Host Management documentation.
Power Management Manage guest power options. Suspend the virtual machine or leave the
virtual machine powered on when you put the guest operating system into
standby.
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