Virtual I/O Device SCSI Hard Disk Controller

The use of hard disk controllers is described at . In addition to those listed, virtio-scsi is an experimental feature.

Virtual I/O Device SCSI is a standard to connect virtual storage devices like hard disks or optical drives to a VM. Recent Linux and Windows versions support these devices, but Windows needs additional drivers. Drivers are available from Oracle Support.

The virtio-scsi controller will only be seen by OSes with device support for it. In particular, there is no built-in support in Windows. So Windows will not see such disks unless you install additional drivers.

Up to 256 slots can be attached to the virtio-scsi controller, if enabled and supported by the guest OS.