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2 For each NIC, select a network and adapter type from the drop-down menus
Depending on the host version and the guest operating system, a choice of adapter types for each
virtual NIC might not be available. In many cases, only one type of adapter is supported. If more than
one type of adapter is supported, the recommended type for the guest operating system is selected by
default.
3 (Optional) Click Connect at Power On to connect the NIC when the virtual machine is powered on.
4 Click Next to add a SCSI Controller.
Select a SCSI Controller in the vSphere Client
To access virtual disks, a virtual machine uses virtual SCSI controllers. Each virtual disk that a virtual
machine can access through one of the virtual SCSI controllers resides in the VMFS datastore, NFS-based
datastore, or on a raw disk. The choice of SCSI controller does not affect whether your virtual disk is an IDE
or SCSI disk.
The wizard preselects the correct default controller based on the guest operation system you selected on the
Guest Operating System page.
LSI Logic SAS and VMware Paravirtual controllers are available only for virtual machines with hardware
version 7 or later. For details about VMware Paravirtual controllers, including conditions for use and
limitations, see “About VMware Paravirtual SCSI Controllers,” on page 166.
Disks with snapshots might not experience performance gains when used on LSI Logic SAS and LSI Logic
Parallel controllers.
Procedure
1 On the SCSI Controller page of the New Virtual Machine wizard, accept the default or select a SCSI
controller type.
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2 Click Next.
The Select a Disk page opens.
What to do next
Select a disk on which to store the guest operating system files and data.
Selecting a Virtual Disk Type
You can create a virtual disk, use an existing virtual disk, or create Raw Device Mappings (RDMs), which
give your virtual disk direct access to SAN. A virtual disk comprises one or more files on the file system that
appear as a single hard disk to the guest operating system. These disks are portable among hosts.
You use the Create Virtual Machine wizard to add virtual disks during virtual machine creation. To add
disks later, select the Do Not Create Disk option and use the Add Hardware wizard in the Virtual Machine
Properties dialog box.
NOTE You cannot reassign virtual disks to a different controller type.
You can select from the following options:
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