VMware GSX 3 - Manual (Page 57)

C H A P T E R 2 Installing VMware GSX Server
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• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 hosts: The gcc package must be installed on
your host before you install GSX Server. See
Before You Install on a SuSE Linux
Enterprise Server 8 Host on page 65 .
Caution: Some operating systems, such as Red Hat Linux 7.2 and 7.3, include a firewall
by default. This firewall prevents access from the VMware Virtual Machine Console and
the VMware Management Interface on client computers to the GSX Server host. In
order for the VMware Virtual Machine Console to connect to the host, you need to
open up port 902. To connect to the host with the VMware Management Interface,
you need to open up port 8333 (and port 8222 if you plan to disable SSL for the
management interface).
On the Server
You can install up to three software packages on the Linux server:
• The GSX Server package for the server (from an RPM or tar archive available on
the GSX Server CD-ROM or the VMware Web site). The RPM file is called
VMware-gsx-<xxxx>.i386.rpm while the tar archive is called
VMware-gsx-<xxxx>.tar.gz , where <xxxx> is a series of numbers
representing the version and build numbers.
Note: The VmPerl API package is installed when you install the server software.
The VmPerl API is a scripting tool that uses Perl to manage virtual machines
remotely; for more information, go to
www.vmware.com/support/developer .
• The VMware Management Interface package (from a tar archive available on the
GSX Server CD-ROM or the VMware Web site). This tar archive is called
VMware-mui-<xxxx>.tar.gz .
• The VMware Virtual Machine Console package (which you download from the
VMware Management Interface; the package is also available as an RPM file or tar
archive in a client GZip file that also contains the VmPerl API, available on the
GSX Server CD-ROM or from the VMware Web site). The RPM file is called
VMware-console-<xxxx>.i386.rpm while the tar archive is called
VMware-console-<xxxx>.tar.gz .
In most cases, you work directly at the server when you install the server software. You
can manage and run virtual machines from the server or from any client.
On a Client Workstation
In addition to a Web browser, you can install the following packages on a client:
• The VMware Virtual Machine Console.