Installation guide

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines
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Modifying Virtual Machine Peripherals
A virtual machine’s peripheral devices can be viewed and modified through the
management interface. This section provides an overview of the configuration
modification options.
The changes you can make include:
• Adding More than Six SCSI Virtual Disks to a Virtual Machine on page 147
• Using a Physical (Raw) Disk in a Virtual Machine on page 148
• Using Parallel Ports in a Virtual Machine on page 149
• Using Serial Ports in a Virtual Machine on page 150
• Using Disk Modes on page 151
Caution: These procedures involve modifying a virtual machine’s configuration file
settings directly. Only advanced users should do this. Consider backing up the
configuration file (.vmx) before making changes.
Adding More than Six SCSI Virtual Disks to a Virtual Machine
You can add up to six virtual SCSI disks on a single SCSI controller to a virtual machine
using the VMware Management Interface. To do so, log in to the management
interface as a user with the permissions to configure the virtual machine, click the link
to the virtual machine's name, then click Hardware next to Configuration in the virtual
machine summary. Click Add Device, and follow the wizard to add a new Hard Disk.
To add more than six disks to the same controller (up to eight more), you must edit
the virtual machine’s configuration file directly. Device ID 7 is used by the SCSI
controller, so you cannot use that ID for a virtual disk. For each disk you want to add
from ID 8 through ID 15, take the following steps.