Harware tab:
- Passthrough Device could be added here
- VMCI device is restriced for security by default: VM high speed communication via VMkernel
- Network adapter option for TSO and Jumbo Frame
- hard drive choice between vmdk and RDM
- General options: name, os, etc
- VMware Tools
- Guest power management: guest OS in standby, and VM's response (standby/suspend)
- Advanced
CPUID Mask: CPU Identification mask (expose by default), disable certain CPU feature to vMotion
Boot Options: Power on delay; Force into BIOS setting for next reboot
ParaVirtualization: VMI (Virtual Machine Interface)Disabled by default; power performance boost on supported OS with impact on vMotion (VMI will retire in 2011)
Fiber Channel NPIV: Virtual WWN, Physical RDM use case
CPU/MMU Visualization: Automatic by default
Swap file location: Default use the cluster or host on which VM resides
Resource tab:
- CPU at Resource pool
- Memory at Resource pool
- Disk
- Advanced CPU: NUMA, HyperThreading Sharing (HT) - Any, None, internal. Scheduling Affinity (select physical CPUs)
- Advanced Memory: NUMA, choose memory from node or No affinity
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