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5. Use the Properties option of each switch, and configure the ports to 100 Mbps Full Duplex
or 1000Mbps.

22.4.7 Creating virtual machines

In this section, we discuss how to create virtual machines.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites for creating virtual machines are:
VMware VI ESX Host or vSphere Host with all current patches
VMware vCenter Server access
Available space on SAN or Local VMFS-3 volumes
Resource availability in the Virtual Datacenter
Administrative privilege on the VMware ESX Server host where the guest will be deployed
OS License for the "to-be deployed" guest
In this section, we explain how to create a virtual machine. How you configure your virtual
machines is dictated by your requirements (guest operating system, virtual hardware
requirements, function, and so on).
We selected the creation of a virtual machine running Windows 2008 as an example.
To create a virtual machine:
1. Log into the vCenter Client with appropriate credentials.
2. Expand the left pane to locate the VM Host that the Guest will reside on. Right-click the
Host, and choose New Virtual Machine. A wizard starts. See Figure 22-72 on page 723.
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