VMware GSX Server 2.5.2

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GSX Server virtual machines can use up to four IDE devices and up to seven SCSI devices. Any of these devices can be a virtual hard disk or DVD or CD-ROM drive. A virtual machine can read data from a DVD-ROM disc. GSX Server does not support playing DVD movies in a virtual machine.

Many other SCSI devices can be connected to a virtual machine using the host operating system's generic SCSI driver. For details on connecting these devices, see Connecting to a Generic SCSI Device.

The following sections describe how to add virtual disks, raw disks, DVD-ROM/CD-ROM drives and floppy drives to virtual machines. In addition, you can connect CD-ROM and floppy drives to disk image files.

• Adding New Virtual Disks to a Virtual Machine

• Adding Existing Virtual Disks to a Virtual Machine

• Adding Raw Disks to a Virtual Machine

• Adding Plain Disks to a Virtual Machine

• Adding DVD or CD-ROM Drives to a Virtual Machine

• Adding Floppy Drives to a Virtual Machine

• Connecting a CD-ROM or Floppy Drive to an Image File