| Virtual Machine Hardware Profiles, Part 1 of Many |
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June 24th, 2008 under x86 Virtualization, Dell, AMD, Xen, Intel, Virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare, Parallels, Enterprise Computing, News |
Do you know which nic is in your virtual machine? How about which video card or soundcard? Probably not, because if it works you just take it for granted. But now with so many virtualization options on the market it is time to compare them, by their virtual hardware. Some of the more mature products, including Virtualbox offer a variety of Nic and Audio options while older products such as Virtual PC are truly locked into their minimal configuration.
I have gathered the hardware profiles of some of the most common virtualization vendors using the following test system:
Dell SC440 Poweredge server, running Windows XP 64bit, without VT Technology. I have used, with permission, Belarc Advisor to create the hardware profiles of all the virtual machines. Starting with the actual physical host machine. Here is the hardware profile of the SC440:
| Computer Profile Summary |
| Computer Name |
| Bradford-5vjh0w (in WORKGROUP) |
| Profile Date |
| Monday, June 23, 2008 3:33:32 PM |
| Belarc Advisor Version |
| 7.2x |
| Windows Logon |
| Administrator |
| Operating System |
| Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 1 (build 3790) |
| System Model |
Dell Inc. PowerEdge SC440
System Service Tag: 6JXV4G1 (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: 6JXV4G1
Enclosure Type: Tower |
| Processor |
2.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium Dual
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache |
| Main Circuit Board |
Board: Dell Inc. 0NY776
Serial Number: ..CN7082182H90DS.
Bus Clock: 800 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Inc. 1.5.0 09/04/2007 |
| Drives |
67.41 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
45.46 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
PBDS CD-ROM DH-48N1P
WDC WD800JD-75MSA3 [Hard drive] (80.00 GB) — drive 0 |
| Memory Modules |
1022 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot ‘DIMM_1′ has 512 MB (serial number 00003108)
Slot ‘DIMM_3′ is Empty
Slot ‘DIMM_2′ has 512 MB (serial number 00006106)
Slot ‘DIMM_4′ is Empty |
| Local Drive Volumes |
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| c: (NTFS on drive 0) |
10.49 GB |
247 MB free |
| e: (NTFS on drive 0) |
56.92 GB |
45.22 GB free |
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| Network Drives |
| None detected |
| Printers |
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| Controllers |
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 27DF
Intel(R) 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C0
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x) |
| Display |
ATI ES1000 [Display adapter]
DELL E196FP [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n KC14763657YU, March 2006) |
| Bus Adapters |
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC |
| Multimedia |
| None detected |
| Communications |
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| Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet |
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IPAddress |
192.168.1.100 / 24 |
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Gateway |
192.168.1.1 |
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PhysicalAddress |
00:1E:C9:34:7E:62 |
| Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet - Virtual Machine Network Services Driver |
| NETGEAR WG111v2 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter |
| primary
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AutoIPAddress |
192.168.1.2 / 24 |
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Gateway |
192.168.1.1 |
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DhcpServer |
192.168.1.1 |
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PhysicalAddress |
00:0F:B5:CA:B7:F3 |
| NETGEAR WG111v2 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter - Virtual Machine Network Services Driver |
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| Networking Dns Server |
192.168.1.1 |
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| Other Devices |
HID-compliant consumer control device (2x)
HID-compliant device
USB Human Interface Device (3x)
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant mouse (2x)
USB Composite Device
USB Root Hub (5x) |
| Virus Protection |
| No details available |
Over the next few days I will be releasing the profiles of some very popular virtualization platforms, including: VMware server, Parallels Workstation, Virtual PC, and VirtualBox.
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