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boot from SAN

Software; Virtualization

Ability of an ESX server system to load its operating system over a storage area network (SAN). The boot image is stored on a remote storage array, rather than on a disk directly ...

CIM object manager (CIMOM)

Software; Virtualization

A component that stores class definitions and populates requests for CIM operations with information returned from specific data providers.

dvPort (distributed virtual port)

Software; Virtualization

A port on a vDS that connects to a host’s service console or VMkernel or to a virtual machine’s network adapter.

dvPort group

Software; Virtualization

A dvPort group is a port group associated with a vDS. The port group specifies port configuration options for each member port. A dvPort group defines how a connection is made ...

Favorites

Software; Virtualization

list to start a virtual machine or to connect to the configuration file and make changes in the virtual machine settings.

Foundry

Software; Virtualization

An API for controlling virtual machines.

IP storage

Software; Virtualization

In ESX/ESXi server, any form of storage that uses TCP/IP network communication as its foundation. Both Network File System (NFS) and iSCSI storage can be used as virtual machine ...