A company wants to install Application Y in a virtualized environment. The underlying
OS has to be Windows 2000 SP4. In a physical environment, the application and
supporting software have very strict minimum hardware requirements. Which
requirement prohibits the use of the application inside a virtual machine?
A.
5 NICs
B.
8 GB RAM
C.
4 CD-ROM drives
D.
2 parallel ports
E.
None of the other alternatives apply. All of them are supported.
Explanation:
Configuration Maximums VMware� vSphere 4.0 and vSphere 4.0 Update 1, page 1.
Virtual Machine Maximums
Table 1 contains configuration maximums related to virtual machines.
Table 1. Virtual Machine Maximums
Item: Maximum
RAM per virtual machine: 255GB
IDE devices per virtual machine: 4 (Devices can be either CDROM or disk.)
Virtual NICs per virtual machine : 10
Parallel ports per virtual machine: 3
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