Configuring IDE and SCSI controllers
Every virtual machine on Hyper-V supports IDE and SCSI disks, each one having its own set of benefits, limits, and its own configuration.
It is important to identify when they are necessary, what their limitations are, and (most importantly) how to add and manage them as you will see in the following tasks.
Getting ready
By default, every virtual machine has two IDE controllers and one SCSI controller that can be used to add devices like virtual hard disks or DVD drives. You can use these steps to add a device, for example, virtual hard disk or attach a controller to an existing virtual machine.
How to do it…
The following steps show how to add devices and attach IDE and SCSI controllers to a virtual machine:
- To add a new controller for a virtual machine, open Hyper-V Manager, select the virtual machine on which you want to add a new controller and click Settings in the pane on the right-hand side (or with a right-click on the VM).
- By default, you can...
