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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide
translation (NAT) networking configurations. For instance, different virtual machines
can be connected to the host by separate networks or connected to each other and
not to the host. Any network topology is possible.
EULA — The end user license agreement.
Existing partition — A partition on a physical disk in the host machine.
See also Physical disk.
Full screen mode — A display mode in which the virtual machine’s display fills the
entire screen.
See also Quick switch mode.
Growable disk — A type of virtual disk where the disk space is not preallocated to
its full size. Its files start out small in size and grow as data is written to it.
Guest operating system — An operating system that runs inside a virtual
machine.
See also Host operating system.
Headless — A description for a program or application that runs in the background
without any interface connected to it. A virtual machine running with no consoles
connected to it is considered to be running headless.
Host-only networking — A type of network connection between a virtual
machine and the host. Under host-only networking, a virtual machine is connected to
the host on a private network, which normally is not visible outside the host. Multiple
virtual machines configured with host-only networking on the same host are on the
same network.
See also Bridged networking, Custom networking and Network address translation.
Host computer — The physical computer on which the GSX Server software is
installed. It hosts the GSX Server virtual machines.
Host operating system — An operating system that runs on the host machine.
See also Guest operating system.
Independent disk — An independent disk is a type of virtual disk that is not
affected by snapshots. Independent disks can be configured in persistent and
nonpersistent modes.
See also Nonpersistent mode, Persistent mode.
Inventory — A list in the left panel of the console window that shows the names of
virtual machines that a user has added to the list. The inventory makes it easy to
launch a virtual machine or to connect to the virtual machine’s configuration file in
order to make changes in the virtual machine settings.