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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
Configuring Your Server to Use
VMkernel Device Modules
Loading VMkernel Device Modules
The installation process should detect the devices that are assigned to the VMkernel
and automatically load appropriate modules into the VMkernel to make use of these
devices.
However, there may be situations in which you wish to load VMkernel device modules
explicitly. Modules supported in this release are located in
/usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod. The command vmkload_mod(1) loads
VMkernel modules.
VMkernel Module Loader
The program vmkload_mod is used to load device driver and network shaper
modules into the VMkernel. vmkload_mod can also be used to unload a module, list
the loaded modules and list the available parameters for each module.
The format for the command is
vmkload_mod <options> <module-binary> <module-tag>
<parameters>
where <module-binary> is the name of the module binary that is being loaded.
<module-tag> is the name that the VMkernel associates with the loaded module.
The tag can be any string of letters and numbers. If the module is a device driver, the
VMkernel names the module with the <module-tag> plus a number starting from
zero. If there are multiple device instances created by loading the module or multiple
device driver modules loaded with the same tag, each device gets a unique number
based on the order in which device instances are created.
The <module-binary> and <module-tag> parts of the command line are
required when a module is loaded and are ignored when the --unload, --list
and --showparam options are used. The <parameters> part of the command
line is optional and is used only when a module is being loaded.
Options
-l
--list
List out the current modules loaded. If the -l option is given, other arguments on the
command line are ignored.