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Installing and Configuring Linux Guest Operating Systems

Appendix C: Enabling VMI in a Linux Kernel and in ESX 3.5

TouseVMI,youmustenableitinyourLinuxkernelandfortheESX3.5virtualmachinesinwhichthatkernel

isrunning.ThefollowinginstructionscanalsobefoundintheVMwareknowledgebasearticle“Howto

enableavirtualmachineinterfaceinaLinuxkernelandinESX

Server3.5.”Foralink,see“Resources”on

page 19.

Enabling VMI in ESX 3.5

InESX3.5,eachvirtualmachinecanhaveVMIeitherenabledordisabled.ToenableVMIforaparticular

virtualmachine,ontheSummarytabforthatvirtualmachine,clickEditSettings,selecttheOptionstab,click

Paravirtualization,andmakesureSupportVMIParavirtualizationischecked,asillustratedinFigure

1.

Figure 1. VMI Paravirtualization option in ESX 3.5

WhenVMIisenabledinthevirtualmachinesettings,thelspcioutputintheguestoperatingsystemincludes

anewPCIdevice(identifiedasamemorycontroller),asshownbelow.

linux-iwwp:~ # lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 01)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 01)

00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 08)

00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)

00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)

00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: VMware Inc [VMware SVGA II] PCI Display Adapter

00:10.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320

SCSI (rev 01)

00:11.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 10)

00:12.0 Memory controller: VMware Inc Unknown device 0801 (rev 01)

NOTETheVMIPCIdevice,likeothervirtualPCIdevices,takesupavirtualPCIslot.

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