Changeset 99797 in vbox for trunk/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/harddiskcontrollers.dita
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r99497 r99797 3 3 <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="harddiskcontrollers"> 4 4 <title>Hard Disk Controllers</title> 5 5 6 6 <body> 7 7 <p> 8 8 In a computing device, hard disks and CD/DVD drives are connected 9 9 to a device called a hard disk controller, which drives hard disk 10 operation and data transfers. Oracle VM VirtualBoxcan emulate the most10 operation and data transfers. <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> can emulate the most 11 11 common types of hard disk controllers typically found in computing 12 12 devices: IDE, SATA (AHCI), SCSI, SAS, USB-based, NVMe and … … 28 28 </p> 29 29 <p> 30 In Oracle VM VirtualBox, each virtual machine may have one IDE30 In <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, each virtual machine may have one IDE 31 31 controller enabled, which gives you up to four virtual storage 32 32 devices that you can attach to the machine. By default, one of … … 41 41 <p> 42 42 You can also select which exact type of IDE controller 43 hardware Oracle VM VirtualBoxshould present to the virtual machine:43 hardware <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> should present to the virtual machine: 44 44 PIIX3, PIIX4, or ICH6. This makes no difference in terms of 45 45 performance, but if you import a virtual machine from another … … 50 50 After you have created a new virtual machine with the 51 51 <b outputclass="bold">New Virtual Machine</b> wizard in 52 VirtualBox Manager, you will typically see one IDE controller in the52 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>, you will typically see one IDE controller in the 53 53 machine's <b outputclass="bold">Storage</b> settings. 54 54 The virtual CD/DVD drive will be attached to one of the four … … 65 65 </p> 66 66 <p> 67 Like a real SATA controller, Oracle VM VirtualBox's virtual SATA67 Like a real SATA controller, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>'s virtual SATA 68 68 controller operates faster and also consumes fewer CPU 69 69 resources than the virtual IDE controller. Also, this enables 70 70 you to connect up to 30 virtual hard disks to one machine 71 instead of just three, when compared to the Oracle VM VirtualBoxIDE71 instead of just three, when compared to the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> IDE 72 72 controller with a DVD drive attached. 73 73 </p> 74 74 <p> 75 75 For this reason, depending on the selected guest OS, 76 Oracle VM VirtualBoxuses SATA as the default for newly created76 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> uses SATA as the default for newly created 77 77 virtual machines. One virtual SATA controller is created by 78 78 default, and the default disk that is created with a new VM is … … 94 94 </p> 95 95 <p> 96 Oracle VM VirtualBoxrecommends the Intel Matrix Storage drivers,96 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> recommends the Intel Matrix Storage drivers, 97 97 which can be downloaded from 98 98 <ph>http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2101</ph>. … … 102 102 To add a SATA controller to a machine for which it has not 103 103 been enabled by default, either because it was created by an 104 earlier version of Oracle VM VirtualBox, or because SATA is not104 earlier version of <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>, or because SATA is not 105 105 supported by default by the selected guest OS, do the 106 106 following. Go to the <b outputclass="bold">Storage</b> … … 114 114 </p> 115 115 <p> 116 To change the IDE compatibility mode settings for the SATA117 controller, see <xrefhref="vboxmanage-storagectl.dita"/>.116 To change the IDE compatibility mode settings for the SATA controller, see <xref 117 href="vboxmanage-storagectl.dita"/>. 118 118 </p> 119 119 </li> … … 130 130 <p> 131 131 Primarily for compatibility with other virtualization 132 software, Oracle VM VirtualBoxoptionally supports LSI Logic and132 software, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> optionally supports LSI Logic and 133 133 BusLogic SCSI controllers, to each of which up to fifteen 134 134 virtual hard disks can be attached. … … 164 164 <p> 165 165 To support high-end guests which require SAS controllers, 166 Oracle VM VirtualBoxemulates a LSI Logic SAS controller, which can166 <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> emulates a LSI Logic SAS controller, which can 167 167 be enabled much the same way as a SCSI controller. At this 168 168 time, up to 255 devices can be connected to the SAS … … 190 190 </p> 191 191 <p> 192 The virtual USB storage controller offered by Oracle VM VirtualBox192 The virtual USB storage controller offered by <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> 193 193 works differently to the other storage controller types. While 194 194 most storage controllers appear as a single PCI device to the … … 245 245 </ul> 246 246 <p> 247 In summary, Oracle VM VirtualBoxgives you the following categories of247 In summary, <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> gives you the following categories of 248 248 virtual storage slots: 249 249 </p> … … 298 298 the only controller supported by your guest. Whether you use SATA, 299 299 SCSI, or SAS does not make any real difference. The variety of 300 controllers is only supplied by Oracle VM VirtualBoxfor compatibility300 controllers is only supplied by <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> for compatibility 301 301 with existing hardware and other hypervisors. 302 302 </p> 303 303 </body> 304 304 305 305 </topic>
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