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  1. Drivers Vmware Scsi & Raid Devices Configuration
  2. Vmware Scsi Drivers
  3. Vmware Scsi Vs Sata
  4. Vmware Raid Controller
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Connecting to a Generic SCSI Device

To load SCSI driver press Browse and select the following path: D: Program Files VMWare Tools Drivers pvscsi amd64 (for x64 Windows 10 version). In the driver list select VMWare PVSCSI Controller (D: Program Files VMWare Tools Drivers pvscsi amd64 pvscsi.inf) and press Next.

Connecting to a Generic SCSI Device

The following sections describe how to use generic SCSI devices in a virtual machine:

Drivers Vmware Scsi & Raid Devices Configuration

  • Generic SCSI on a Windows Host Operating System
  • Generic SCSI on a Linux Host Operating System

Generic SCSI lets a virtual machine run any SCSI device that is supported by the guest operating system in the virtual machine. Generic SCSI gives the guest operating system direct access to SCSI devices connected to the host, such as scanners and tape drives.

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Generic SCSI on a Windows Host Operating System Generic SCSI on a Windows Host Operating System

Using the SCSI Generic driver in Windows, VMware Workstation allows your guest operating system to operate generic SCSI devices — including scanners, tape drives and other data storage devices — in a virtual machine.

Note: In order to access host SCSI devices as Generic SCSI devices from within a virtual machine, you must run VMware Workstation as a user with administrator access.

Vmware Scsi Drivers

Device Support Device Support

In theory, generic SCSI is completely device independent, but VMware has discovered it is sensitive to the guest operating system, device class and specific SCSI hardware. We encourage you to try any SCSI hardware you want to use and report problems to VMware technical support.

Note: If you are using generic SCSI devices in a Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me guest operating system and are experiencing problems with the devices, download the latest Mylex® (BusLogic) BT/KT-958 compatible host bus adapter from www.lsilogic.com. This driver overrides what Windows chooses as the best driver, but it corrects known problems.

Preparing a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Guest Operating System to Use SCSI Devices Preparing a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Guest Operating System to Use SCSI Devices

To use SCSI devices in a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 virtual machine, you need a special SCSI driver available from the download section of the VMware Web site at www.vmware.com/download. Follow the instructions on the Web site to install the driver.

Preparing a Windows NT 4.0 Guest Operating System to Use SCSI Devices Preparing a Windows NT 4.0 Guest Operating System to Use SCSI Devices

Generic SCSI devices use the virtual Mylex (BusLogic) BT/KT-958 compatible host bus adapter provided by the virtual machine. Some guest operating systems guide you through installing the drivers after you install the first SCSI device in the virtual machine. On Windows NT 4.0, however, you may need to install the driver manually, if it is not already installed for a virtual SCSI disk. You should do so before you add a generic SCSI device.

To install the BusLogic driver in a Windows NT 4.0 guest, have your Windows NT installation CD available and follow these steps.

  1. Open the SCSI Adapters control panel.

    Start > Settings > Control Panel > SCSI Adapters

  2. Click the Drivers tab.
  3. Click Add.
  4. In the list of vendors on the left, select BusLogic.
  5. In the list of drivers on the right, select BusLogic MultiMaster PCI SCSI Host Adapters.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Insert the Windows NT CD when you are prompted. Click OK.
  8. Reboot when you are prompted.
Adding a Generic SCSI Device to a Virtual Machine Adding a Generic SCSI Device to a Virtual Machine

You can add generic SCSI devices to your virtual machine in the virtual machine settings editor. When you set up a generic SCSI device, the virtual machine must be powered off.

  1. If it is not already running, launch VMware Workstation.

    Start > Programs > VMware > VMware Workstation

  2. Open the virtual machine in which you want to use the generic SCSI device. Make sure the virtual machine is powered off.
  3. From the VMware Workstation window, choose VM > Settings. The virtual machine settings editor opens.
  4. Click Add to start the Add Hardware Wizard. Click Next.
  5. Select Generic SCSI Device, then click Next.
  6. Choose the name of the physical device you want to use.

    Then choose the virtual device node where you want this device to appear in the virtual machine.

    A check box under Device status allows you to specify whether the device should be connected each time the virtual machine is powered on.

  7. Click Finish to install the new device.
  8. Click OK to save the configuration and close the virtual machine settings editor.

To remove this device, launch the virtual machine settings editor, select the generic SCSI device, then click Remove.

Generic SCSI on a Linux Host Operating System Generic SCSI on a Linux Host Operating System

Using the SCSI Generic driver in Linux, VMware Workstation allows your guest operating system to operate generic SCSI devices within a virtual machine. The SCSI Generic driver sets up a mapping for each SCSI device in /dev. Each entry starts with sg (for the SCSI Generic driver) followed by a letter. For example, /dev/sga is the first generic SCSI device.

Each entry corresponds to a SCSI device, in the order specified in
/proc/scsi/scsi, from the lowest device ID on the lowest adapter to the highest device ID on the lowest adapter, and so on to the highest device ID on the highest adapter. Do not enter /dev/st0 or /dev/scd0.

Note: When setting up a generic SCSI device in the virtual machine settings editor, as described later in this section, you specify the device you wish to install in the virtual machine by typing its /dev/sg entry in the Connection field. You must be logged on as a user who has permissions to use the device.

Requirements Requirements

Vmware Scsi Vs Sata

Generic SCSI requires version 2.1.36 of the SCSI Generic (sg.o) driver, which comes with kernel 2.2.14 and higher.

Avoiding Concurrent Access to a Generic SCSI Device Drivers Vmware SCSI & RAID Devices Avoiding Concurrent Access to a Generic SCSI Device

Under Linux some devices — specifically tape drives, disk drives and CD-ROM drives — already have a designated /dev entry (traditionally, st, sd and scd, respectively). When the SCSI Generic driver is installed, Linux also identifies these devices with corresponding sg entries in /dev — in addition to their traditional entries. VMware Workstation ensures that multiple programs are not using the same /dev/sg entry at the same time but cannot always ensure that multiple programs are not using the /dev/sg and the traditional /dev entry at the same time. It is important that you do not attempt to use the same device in both host and guest. This can cause unexpected behavior and may cause loss or corruption of data.

Permissions on a Generic SCSI Device Permissions on a Generic SCSI Device

You must have read and write permissions on a given generic SCSI device in order to use the device within a virtual machine, even if the device is a read-only device such as a CD-ROM drive. These devices typically default to root-only permissions. Your administrator should create a group with access to read and write to these devices, then add the appropriate users to that group.

Device Support Disk Device Support

In theory, generic SCSI is completely device independent, but VMware has discovered it is sensitive to the guest operating system, device class and specific SCSI hardware. We encourage you to try any SCSI hardware you want to use and report problems to VMware technical support.

Note: If you are using generic SCSI devices in a Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me guest operating system and are experiencing problems with the devices, download the latest Mylex (BusLogic) BT/KT-958 compatible host bus adapter from www.lsilogic.com. This driver overrides what Windows chooses as the best driver, but it corrects known problems. To use SCSI devices in a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 virtual machine, you need a special SCSI driver available from the download section of the VMware Web site at www.vmware.com/download.

Adding a Generic SCSI Device to a Virtual Machine

Vmware Raid Controller

Adding a Generic SCSI Device to a Virtual Machine Drivers Vmware SCSI & RAID Devices

You can add generic SCSI devices to your virtual machine in the virtual machine settings editor. The virtual machine settings editor lets you map virtual SCSI devices to physical generic SCSI devices on the host.

When you set up a generic SCSI device, the virtual machine must be powered off.

  1. Launch VMware Workstation and select the virtual machine. Make sure the virtual machine is powered off.
  2. Choose VM > Settings. The virtual machine settings editor opens.
  3. Click Add to start the Add Hardware Wizard. Select Generic SCSI Device, then click Next.
  4. Choose the name of the physical device you want to use.

    Then choose the virtual device node where you want this device to appear in the virtual machine.

    A check box under Device status allows you to specify whether the device should be connected each time the virtual machine is powered on.

  5. Click Finish to install the new device.
  6. Click OK to save the configuration and close the virtual machine settings editor.

To remove this device, launch the virtual machine settings editor, select the generic SCSI device, then click Remove.

Drivers Vmware Scsi & Raid Devices Usb

DescriptionTypeOSVersionDate
Intel® Memory and Storage Tool CLI (Command-Line Interface)

The Intel® Memory and Storage Tool (Intel® MAS) is a drive management CLI tool for Intel® SSDs and Intel® Optane™ Memory devices, supported on Windows*, Linux*, and ESXi*.

SoftwareWindows 10, 32-bit*
Windows 10, 64-bit*
Windows 8.1, 32-bit*
27 more		1.5
Latest		1/8/2021
Intel® Memory and Storage Tool (GUI)

The Intel® Memory and Storage Tool (Intel® MAS) is a drive management tool for Intel® SSDs and Intel® Optane™ Memory devices, supported on Windows*

SoftwareWindows 10, 32-bit*
Windows 10, 64-bit*
Windows 8.1, 32-bit*
4 more		1.5
Latest		1/8/2021
Datacenter NVMe* Microsoft Windows* Drivers for Intel® SSDs

This download record installs version 5.1.0.1003 of the Intel® SSD Data Center Family for NVMe* drivers.

DriverWindows 10*
Windows 8.1*
Windows 8*
4 more		5.1.0.1003
Latest		10/23/2020
Client NVMe* Microsoft Windows* Drivers for Intel® SSDs

Intel® NVMe* driver 5.1.0.1003 supports the Client Intel® SSD's based on PCIe* NVMe*.

DriverWindows 10, 32-bit*
Windows 10, 64-bit*
Windows 8.1, 32-bit*
3 more		5.1.0.1003
Latest		10/23/2020
Intel® RSTCLI Pro for Intel® Optane™ Memory

The Intel® RST CLI Pro utility can be used to perform basic acceleration operations on Intel® Optane memory capable systems.

SoftwareWindows 10, 64-bit*18.0.1.1138
Latest		10/15/2020
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Driver Installation Software with Intel® Optane™ Memory

The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) Floppy Driver (18.0.1.1138) supports the configuration and enabling of system acceleration with Intel® Optane™ memory and maintenance of RAID 0/1/5/10.

DriverWindows 10, 64-bit*
Windows Server 2016*		18.0.1.1138
Latest		10/15/2020
Intel® SSD Firmware Update Tool

This download record installs version 3.0.10 of the Intel® SSD Firmware Update Tool.

FirmwareOS Independent3.0.10
Latest		7/20/2020
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) User Interface and Driver

The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) Driver (16.8.3.1003) supports the configuration and enabling of system acceleration with Intel® Optane™ Memory and maintenance of RAID 0/1/5/10.

DriverWindows 10, 64-bit*
Windows Server 2016*		16.8.3.1003
Latest		7/2/2020
Client NVMe* Driver for Intel® SSDs (Microsoft Windows 7*)

Intel® NVMe* driver 4.4.0.1003 supports the Client Intel® SSD's based on PCIe* NVMe* and Windows 7*

DriverWindows 7, 32-bit*
Windows 7, 64-bit*		4.4.0.1003
Latest		9/1/2019
Intel® Optane™ Memory User Interface and Driver for System Acceleration

The Intel® Optane™ Memory UI is specifically designed and optimized to support system acceleration with Intel® Optane™ memory modules. (16.8.3.1003)

DriverWindows 10, 64-bit*16.8.3.1003
Latest		7/2/2019
Intel® Volume Management Device (Intel® VMD) ESXi Tools

These utilities are for Intel® Volume Management Device (Intel® VMD) driver version 1.4 and newer.

SoftwareVMware*1.4 and Newer
Latest		5/22/2019