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VMware Server User’s Guide
Setting Up Two Separate Host‐Only Networks 232
Routing Between Two Host‐Only Networks 235
Using Virtual Network Adapters in Promiscuous Mode on a Linux Host
Understanding NAT 239
Using NAT 240
The Host Computer and the NAT Network 240
DHCP on the NAT Network 240
DNS on the NAT Network 241
External Access from the NAT Network 241
Advanced NAT Configuration 242
Custom NAT and DHCP Configuration on a Windows Host 245
Considerations for Using NAT 246
Using NAT with NetLogon 247
Sample Linux vmnetnat.conf File 248
Using Samba for File Sharing on a Linux Host 249
Using the Virtual Network Editor 258
Summary Tab 258
Automatic Bridging Tab 259
Host Virtual Network Mapping Tab 259
Host Virtual Adapters Tab 260
DHCP Tab 261
NAT Tab 261
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12 Performance Tuning for VMware Server 265
Configuring and Maintaining the Host System 265
Defragmenting Hard Disks 265
Maintaining Adequate Free Disk Space 266
Enabling Disk Write Caching on Windows Hosts 266
Configuring Swap Space on Linux Hosts 266
Increasing NIC Interrupt Coalescing 266
Calculating Memory Requirements to Allow for Virtual Machine Overhead 267
Configuring Host‐Wide Virtual Machine Memory Usage 267
Allocating Memory to a Virtual Machine 268
Editing Virtual Machine Memory 269
Using Two‐Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing 270
Editing Virtual Processors 270
Configuring and Maintaining Guest Operating Systems 271
Monitoring Virtual Machine Performance on Windows Hosts 275
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