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Figure 6.58
h ere are various
virtual SCSI adapt-
ers that a VM can
use. You can confi g-
ure up to four vir-
tual SCSI adapters
for each VM.
Table 6.3 summarizes the information about the i ve types of virtual storage adapters avail-
able for you to use.
Table 6.3:
Virtual SCSi and SATA storage adapters in vSphere 5.5
VM
Hardware
Versions
Supported
Virtual
Storage
Adapter
Description
AHCI (SATA)
10
h e AHCI is the only non-SCSI storage adapter. Introduced in
vSphere 5.5, this virtual SATA adapter is compatible with newer
Windows and Linux OSes and supports all Mac OS X versions. It
supports a maximum of four adapters per VM and 30 virtual drives
per adapter. Typically it's used for virtual CD-ROM devices.
BusL og ic para l lel
4, 7, 8, 9, 10
h is virtual SCSI adapter emulates the BusLogic parallel SCSI
adapter. h e BusLogic adapter is well supported for older guest
OSes but doesn't perform as well as some other virtual SCSI
adapters.
