User`s manual

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B bridgednetworking
Atypeofnetworkconnectionbetweenavirtualmachineandthehost’sphysical
network.Withbridgednetworking,avirtualmachineappearsasanadditional
computeronthesamephysicalnetworkasthehost.Seealsohost‐onlynetworking.
C clone
Aduplicateofavirtualmachine.Seealsofullclone,linkedclone.
customnetworking
Anytypeofnetworkconnectionbetweenvirtualmachinesandthehostthatdoes
notusethedefaultbridged,host‐only,ornetworkaddresstranslation(NAT)
networkingconfigurations.Forinstance,differentvirtualmachinescanbe
connectedtothehostbyseparatenetw
orksorco
nnectedtoeachotherandnotto
thehost.Anynetworktopologyispossible.
D–E diskmode
Apropertyofavirtualdiskthatdefinesitsexternalbehavior(howthe
virtualizationlayertreatsitsdata)butiscompletelyinvisibletotheguestoperating
system.Availablemodesincludepersistentmode(changestothediskarealways
preservedacrosssessions),nonpersistentmode(changesareneverpreserved),and
undoablemode(c
hangesarepreserve
dattheuser’sdiscretion).
F Favoriteslist
AlistintheleftpanelofthemainWorkstationwindowthatshowsthenamesof
virtualmachinesthatauserhasadded.YoucanusetheFavoriteslisttolauncha
virtualmachineortoconnecttothevirtualmachine’sconfigurationfileandmake
changesinthevirtualmachineset
ting
s.
Glossary