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machines. If you assign the first adapter to be used by virtual machines, the

console operating system may try to use an inappropriate driver for its network

adapter. Ethernet adapters cannot be shared between the console operating

system and virtual machines at this stage. To configure a shared adapter later,

see Sharing Network Adapters and Virtual Networks on page 224.

As with SCSI and RAID controllers, the unit of device allocation is a PCI card.

Some network adapter cards are multifunction PCI cards, which means there are

multiple adapters on each card. Only one network adapter is displayed in the list

of devices. When you allocate that device to the console operating system or to

the VMkernel, you are effectively allocating all the adapters on that card.

It is generally good to give as many network adapters to the virtual machines as

possible. Doing so helps ensure that the majority of your network resources are

devoted to the virtual machines. Because the console operating system is

intended primarily as a management interface, you should minimize resources

allocated to the console operating system. You need to allocate at least one

Ethernet device to the console operating system in order to manage your ESX

Server machine remotely.

In the likely event that you have fewer Ethernet devices than virtual machines,

you can share VMkernel Ethernet adapters among the virtual machines with

little performance penalty.

7. Click Save Configuration.

8. A confirmation screen lets you know the boot configuration is complete.

Click Next to Reboot Machine to restart your server using the configuration you

just set up.

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