Specifications

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Using Devices in a Virtual Machine
The following sections provide an overview on the devices in your virtual machine.
• Adding, Configuring and Removing Devices in a Virtual Machine on page 141
• Connecting and Disconnecting Removable Devices on page 144
Adding, Configuring and Removing Devices
in a Virtual Machine
The virtual machine settings editor (VM > Settings) is the control center where you
can add devices to a virtual machine, change the settings for those devices and
remove them. In addition, you can add, change and remove devices in the VMware
Management Interface.
For more information about adding and configuring devices such as parallel ports,
serial ports, USB controllers and generic SCSI devices, see Configuring Devices on
page 289.
For information on adding and configuring virtual disks, physical disks, DVD-ROM and
CD-ROM drives and floppy drives, see Using Disks in a Virtual Machine on page 161.
For information on adding and configuring virtual network adapters, see Adding and
Modifying Virtual Network Adapters on page 238.
For information on configuring virtual machine memory, see Allocating Memory to a
Virtual Machine on page 340.
To remove a device or other hardware from a virtual machine, make sure it is powered
off. You can remove hardware using the console or the management interface.
Note: You cannot add or remove some items from a virtual machine, such as the
processor, SCSI controllers or the virtual display adapter. GSX Server creates SCSI
controllers as needed when you add SCSI devices. However, the number of virtual
SCSI controllers is included in the six virtual PCI slot limit for a virtual machine. For
information on which devices use PCI slots, see Virtual Machine Specifications on
page 24.