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Chapter 2 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machines
Configuring a Virtual Machine to Use the LSI Logic SCSI
Adapter
ESX!Server!virtual!machines!can!use!virtual!BusLogic!and!virtual!LSI!Logic!SCSI!
adapters.!By!default,!virtual!machines!use!the!BusLogic!adapter.!However,!Windows!
Server!2003!virtual!machines!are!configured!to!use!the!LSI!Logic!adapter!by!default.!
You!can!add!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!adapter!to!any!virtual!machine!by
!modifying!its!
configuration!file.!For!an!existing!virtual!machine!or!for!a!new!Windows!XP!or!
Windows!2000!virtual!machine,!further!steps!are!needed!in!the!guest!operating!system.
Windows!XP!and!Windows!2000!do!not!include!a!driver!for!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!adapter,!
so!these!guests!use!the!BusLogic
!adapter!by!default.!To!use!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!adapter!
with!a!Windows!XP!or!Windows!2000!virtual!machine,!download!the!driver!from!the!
Download!Center!at!the!LSI!Logic!Web! site.!Go!to!http://www.lsilogic.com/!and!look!
for!the!LSI20320!SCSI!adapter!driver!for!your!guest!operating!system.!The!files!
are!in!a!
WinZip!archive.
Adding the Adapter to the Virtual Machine’s Configuration File
For!both!Windows!and!Linux!virtual!machines,!modify!the!virtual!machine’s!
configuration!file!to!use!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!adapter .!For!a!new!virtual!machine,!
complete!the!following!steps!before!you!install!the!guest!operating!system.
For!an!existing!virtual!machine!with!which!you!want!to!use!the!LSI!Logic!adapter,!
shut!
down!the!guest!operating!system!and!power!off!the!virtual!machine!before!following!
these!steps.
N
OTE ESX!Server!does!not!support!installation!of!a!Windows!XP!guest!operating!system!
using!PXE.
NOTE Linux!distributions!with!kernels!in!the!2.4.18!series!or!later!include!a!driver!that!
supports!the!LSI!Logic!adapter.!If!your!guest!has!an!older!kernel!and!you!want!to!use!
the!LSI!adapter!instead!of!the!BusLogic!adapter,!VMware!recommends!that!you!
upgrade!the!kernel!packages!to!the!latest!version
!available!for!the!distribution.!You!do!
not!need!to!download!the!driver!from!LSI!Logic.
CAUTION Even!though!SuSE!Linux!8.1!includes!the!correct!driver!for!LSI!Logic,!
because!of!an!error!in!a!SuSE!Linux!process,!the!guest!operating!system!
must!first!be!installed!with!the!BusLogic!driver.!After!the!SuSE!Linux!8.1!
guest!operating!system!has!been!installed!and!boots,!shut!down!the!virtual!
machine
!and!complete!the!steps!below.