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You can coni gure other options, such as shares, limits, or Virtual Flash sizing (discussed
in greater detail in Chapter 6) for the virtual machine you are creating, if required.
15.
The Virtual Device Node option lets you specify the SCSI node, IDE controller, or SATA
controller to which the virtual disk is connected. The Disk Mode option allows you to
coni gure a virtual disk in Independent mode, as shown in Figure 9.13. The disk mode is
not normally altered, so you can typically accept the default values provided, as shown in
Figure 9.13.
Figure 9.13
You can confi gure
the virtual disk on
a number of diff er-
ent SCSI adapters
and SCSI IDs, and
you can confi gure
it as an indepen-
dent disk.
The Virtual Device Node drop-down box rel ects the 15 different SCSI nodes available
on each of the four SCSI adapters a VM supports. When you're using an IDE control-
ler, this drop-down list shows the four different IDE nodes that are available. When
you're using a SATA controller, this drop-down shows 30 different SATA nodes that
are available.
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By not selecting the Independent mode option, you ensure that the virtual disk
remains in the default state that allows VM snapshots to be created. If you select the
Independent check box, you can coni gure the virtual disk as a persistent disk, in
which changes are written immediately and permanently to the disk, or as a nonper-
sistent disk, which discards all changes when the VM is turned off.
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When you are done adding or modifying the coni guration of the virtual machine, select
Next to continue.
16.
Complete a i nal review of the VM coni guration. If anything is incorrect, go back and
make changes. As you can see in Figure 9.14, the steps on the left side of the wizard are
links that allow you to jump directly to an earlier point in the wizard and make changes.
