User`s manual

VMware, Inc. 85
Chapter 4 Creating and Upgrading a Virtual Machine
Memory Allocation
ThisoptionisavailableforcustomconfigurationsorifyouclickCustomizeHardware
onthelastpageoftheNewVirtualMachinewizard.
Acolor‐codediconcorrespondstoeachvalue.Touseoneoftheseamounts,movethe
slidertothecorrespondingicon.Thehighendoftherangethatappearsisde
term
ined
bytheamountofmemoryallocatedtoallrunningvirtualmachines.Ifyouallowvirtual
machinememorytobeswapped,thisvaluechangestoreflecttheamountofswapping
thatwasspecified.Tochangetheamountofmemoryavailabletoallvirtualmachines,
usetheWorkstationpreferenceseditor(Edi
t>Preferences).
Network Connection Type
ThisoptionisavailableforcustomconfigurationsorifyouclickCustomizeHardware
onthelastpageoftheNewVirtualMachinewizard.Youhaveseveraloptionsfor
connectingthevirtualmachinetothenetwork:
 Bridgednetworking–Ifyourhostcomputerisonanetworkandyouhavea
separateIPaddressforyourvirtualmachine(orcangetoneautomaticallyfroma
DHCPserver),selectBridged.Othercomputersonthenetworkcanthen
communicatedirectlywiththevirtualmachine.
 NAT(NetworkAddressTranslation)–IfyoudonothaveaseparateIPaddressfor
yourvirtualmachinebutyouwanttobeabletoconnecttotheInternet,selectNAT.
Thevirtualmachineandthehostshareasinglenetworkidentitythatisnotvisible
outsidethenetwork.
 Host‐only–Host‐onlynetworkingprovidesanetworkconnectionbetweenthe
virtualmachineandthehostcomputer,usingavirtualnetworkadapterthatis
visibletothehostoperatingsystem.Withhost‐onlynetworking,thevirtual
machinecancommunicateonlywiththehostandothervirtualmachinesinthe
host‐onlyne
twork.Sel
ectHost‐onlytosetupanisolatedvirtualnetwork.
See“CommonNetworkingConfigurations”onpage 286.