Specifications

CHAPTER 8 Configuring Devices
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scsiZ:Y.present = "true"
scsiZ:Y.deviceType = "scsi-passthru"
scsiZ:Y.fileName = "scsiX:Y"
Define X, Y and Z as follows:
• X is the SCSI bus the device uses on the host system.
• Y is the target ID the device uses in the virtual machine and on the host. Use
the same target ID in the virtual machine that the host already uses for the
device to allow the device to work correctly.
• Z is the SCSI bus the device uses in the virtual machine.
2. The virtual machine has a SCSI adapter and a SCSI device and you want to use
the same device as a generic SCSI device.
In this case, to configure the device as a generic SCSI device, you need to add the
following lines to the virtual machine’s configuration file:
scsiZ:Y.deviceType = "scsi-passthru"
scsiZ:Y.fileName = "scsiX:Y"
Define X, Y and Z as follows:
• X is the SCSI bus the device uses on the host system.
• Y is the target ID the device uses in the virtual machine and on the host. Use
the same target ID in the virtual machine that the host already uses for the
device to allow the device to work correctly.
• Z is the SCSI bus the device uses in the virtual machine.
3. The virtual machine has a SCSI adapter and generic SCSI device, but GSX Server
does not recognize the device in the Add Hardware Wizard.
In this case, you need to look for a line in the configuration file that looks like:
scsiZ:Y.fileName = "<deviceName>"
Change the line to:
scsiZ:Y.fileName = "scsiX:Y"
Define X, Y and Z as follows:
• X is the SCSI bus the device uses on the host system.
• Y is the target ID the device uses in the virtual machine and on the host. Use
the same target ID in the virtual machine that the host already uses for the
device to allow the device to work correctly.
• Z is the SCSI bus the device uses in the virtual machine.