Installation guide

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Thischapterdescribesthehardwareandoperatingsystemrequirementsforhosts
runningVirtualCenterandESX Server 3.Usetheinformationinthischaptertoensure
thatyourenvironmentmeetstherequirementsforinstallation.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
 “VMwareInfrastructureRequirements”onpage 17
 “ESX Server 3Requirements”onpage 21
 “SupportedGuestOperatingSystems”onpage 25
VMware Infrastructure Requirements
VirtualCentermanagesESX Serverhostsusingaserverandthreetypesofremote
managementclients.
VirtualCenter Server Requirements
TheVirtualCenter Serverisaphysicalmachineorvirtualmachineconfiguredwith
accesstoasupporteddatabase.
Hardware Requirements
TheVirtualCenter Serverhardwaremustmeetthefollowingrequirements:
 Processor–2.0GHzorhigherIntelorAMDx86processor.Processorrequirements
canbelargerifyourdatabaseisrunonthesamehardware.
 Memory–2GBRAMminimum.RAMrequirementscanbelargerifyourdatabase
isrunonthesamehardware.
System Requirements
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