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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="BasicConcepts">
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| 4 | <title>Configuring Virtual Machines</title>
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>This chapter provides detailed steps for configuring an <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>
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| 8 | virtual machine (VM). For an introduction to <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> and steps to
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| 9 | get your first virtual machine running, see <xref href="Introduction.dita#Introduction"/>. </p>
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| 10 | <p>You have considerable latitude when deciding what virtual hardware to provide to the guest. Use virtual hardware
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| 11 | to communicate with the host system or with other guests. For example, you can use virtual hardware in the
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| 12 | following ways: </p>
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| 13 | <ul>
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| 14 | <li>
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| 15 | <p>Have <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> present an ISO CD-ROM image to a guest system as
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| 16 | if it were a physical CD-ROM. </p>
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| 17 | </li>
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| 18 | <li>
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| 19 | <p>Provide a guest system access to the physical network through its virtual network card. </p>
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| 20 | </li>
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| 21 | <li>
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| 22 | <p>Provide the host system, other guests, and computers on the Internet access to the guest system. </p>
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| 23 | </li>
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| 24 | </ul>
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| 25 | </body>
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| 26 | </topic>
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