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Chapter 1 Introduction and System Requirements
Virtual Machine Specifications
ThefollowingsectionsdescribethedevicesthatWorkstationvirtualmachinessupport.
Processor
Sameprocessorasthatonhostcomputer.
Onevirtualprocessoronahostwithoneormorelogicalprocessors.
Uptofourvirtualprocessors(four‐wayvirtualsymmetricmultiprocessing,or
Virtual SMP)onahostwithatleasttwologicalprocessors.
Thefollowingareconsideredtohavetwologicalprocessors:
AmultiprocessorhostwithtwoormorephysicalCPUs.
Asingle‐processorhostwithamulticoreCPU.
Asingle‐processorhostwithhyperthreadingenabled.
See“UseFour‐WayVirtualSymmetricMultiprocessing”onpage 366.
Chip Set
Intel440BX‐basedmotherboard
NS338SIO
82093AAIOAPIC
64‐bit openSUSE11.2
openSUSE11.1
openSUSE11
openSUSE10.3
openSUSE10.2(formerlyknownasSUSELinux10.2)
UbuntuLinux9.04
UbuntuLinux8.10
UbuntuLinux8.04,8.04.1,8.04.2,8.04.3
UbuntuLinux6.06
Note:On64‐bitUbuntu6.xhosts,some32‐bitcompatibility
librariesarerequired.Specifically,32‐bitglibcandX11are
required.
Table 1-2. Supported Linux Host Operating Systems (Continued)
Operating System Type Operating System Edition
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