Specifications

Administration Guide

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Shut down and power off the virtual machine, then edit the configuration

file. Switch the original BusLogic adapter to the LSI Logic adapter by

changing this line:

scsi0.virtualDev = “vmxbuslogic”

to:

scsi0.virtualDev = “vmxlsilogic”

5Remove!the!LSI!Logic!adapter!you!added!by!removing!these!lines:

scsi1.present = “TRUE”

scsi1.virtualDev = “vmxlsilogic”

6 Save!your!changes!to!the!configuration!file!and!boot!the!virtual!machine.!

After!the!virtual!machine!boots,!verify!in!the!Device!Manager!that!the!guest!is!

using!the!LSI!Logic!driver!only.

Configuring the LSI Logic SCSI Adapter in a Linux Guest

Operating System

The!following!steps!apply!to!existing!virtual!machines!running!Red!Hat!Linux!7.3!and!

to!SuSE!Linux!8.0!guest!operating!systems!and!later.!The!kernels!that!come!with!these!

and!later!distributions!include!a!driver!that!supports!the!LSI!Logic!SCSI!adapter.!The!

driver!is!called!mptscsih!and!depends!on!another

!module!called!mptbase.!Earlier!

kernels!might!have!the!mptscsih!driver,!but!they!do!not!support!this!adapter.

To!use!the!LSI!Logic!adapter!in!an!older!distribution,!upgrade!the!virtual!machine’s!

kernel!or!patch!the!kernel!with!the!source!from!the!LSI!Logic!Web!site!and!re‐compile!

the!kernel.!

Verify!that!the!LSI!Logic!adapter!is!detected.!At!a!command!prompt!in!the!

guest,!type:

modprobe mptscsih

If!no!errors!appear,!verify!with!lsmod!that!both!mptscsih!and!mptbase!are!installed,!

and!continue.!Otherwise,!you!must!determine!why!the!driver!did!not!load.

OTE The!guest!should!find!the!driv er!automatically.!Sometimes!moving!the!virtual!

devices!around!causes!the!PCI!slots!to!change,!so!the!guest!might!detect!some!

devices!(like!the!vmxnet!network!driver)!again.!Let!the!operating!system!

detect!the!devices!and!continue.

NOTE For!a!new!Linux!virtual!machine!in!which!you!intend!to!install!a!Red!Hat!Linux!7.3!or!

SuSE!Linux!8.0!guest!operating!system!or!later,!install!the!guest!operating!system.!The!

guest!is!configured!to!use!the!LSI!Logic!adapter!during!installation.