Specifications

Administration Guide
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To add the LSI Logic SCSI Adapter to the configuration file
1 Connect!to!the!service!console!and,!using!a!text!editor,!open!the!virtual!machine’s!
configuration!file!(.vmx).
2Do!one!of!the!following:
! If!you!are!adding!the!LSI!Logic!adapter!to!a!new!virtual!machine!that!is!
configured!for!a!BusLogic!adapter,!switch!the!original!BusLogic!adapter!to!the!
LSI!Logic!adapter!by!changing!this!line:
scsi<n>.virtualDev = “vmxbuslogic”
to!
scsi<n>.virtualDev = “vmxlsilogic”
!
If!you!are!adding!the!LSI!Logic!adapter!to!an!existing!virtual!machine!that!is!
configured!for!a!BusLogic!adapter,!add!the!LSI!Logic!adapter!with!no!devices!
after!the!BusLogic!device.!For!example,!if!you!have!one!SCSI!adapter!in!the!
virtual!machine,!the!configuration!file!looks!something!like!this:
###
### SCSI devices
###
# SCSI controller scsi0
scsi0.present = “TRUE”
scsi0.virtualDev = “vmxbuslogic”
scsi0:1.present = “TRUE”
scsi0:1.name = “vmhba0:6:0:1:win2k.vmdk”
scsi0:1.mode = “persistent”
To!add!the!LSI!Logic!adapter,!type!the!following!lines!after!the!BusLogic!device!
information:
scsi1.present = “TRUE”
scsi1.virtualDev = “vmxlsilogic”
3 Save!your!changes,!and!close!the!configuration!file.
Now!that!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!adapter!has!been!added!to!the!virtual!machine’s!
configuration,!it!will!be!recognized!by!the!guest!operating!system.!Follow!the!
appropriate!steps!for!either!the!Windows!or!Linux!guest!operating!systems:
! For!new!Linux!virtual!machines!(using!the!appropriate!kernel),!install!the!guest!
operating!system,!which!will!be!configured!for!using!the!LSI!Logic!adapter.!No!
other!steps!are!necessary.!For!an!existing!Linux!virtual!machine,!complete!the!steps!