Allocating Memory for a Virtual Machine When you select a custom configuration, the New Virtual Machine wizard

prompts y ou to specify the default settings for memory allocation. Color-coded icons correspond to the maximum recommended memory, recommended memo ry, and guest operating system recommended minimum memory values. To adjust the memory allocat ed to the virtual machine, move the slider along the range of values. The high end of the range is determined by the amount of memory allocated to all running virtual machines. If you allow virtual machine m emory to be swapped, this value changes to reflect the specified amount of swapping. On 64-bit hosts, the maximum amount of memory for each virtual machine is 64GB. On 32-bit hosts, the maximum amount of memory for each virtual machine is 8GB. You cannot power on vi rtual machines that are configured to use more than 8GB of memory on 32-bit hosts. Memory management lim itations on 32-bit operating systems cause virtual machine memory to overcommit, which severely aff ects system performance. The total amount of memory that you can assign to all virtual machines running o n a single host machine is limited only by the amount of RAM on the host machine. You can change the amount of memory available to all virtual machines by modifyi ng Workstation memory settings. Selecting the Network Connection Type for a Virtual Machine When you select a custom configuration, the New Virtual Machine wizard prompts y ou to configure the network connection type for the virtual machine. If you are creating a remote virtual machine, you must select either a custom