OVF SCSI drivers

In Abiquo on VMware, the platform default SCSI controller for guest systems is VirtualLsiLogicController.

To change the system default SCSI controller:

1. Set the following property in the abiquo.properties file on the Remote Services server 

   abiquo.esxi.scsicontroller

   For more details, see Abiquo Configuration Properties#esxi.

To set a disk controller for a VM template in the OVF file and override the defaults:

1. Create a RASD section in your OVF file for a SCSI controller with ResourceType with a value of 6.

   <rasd:ResourceType>6</rasd:ResourceType> 

   This will use the default VirtualLsiLogicController

2. Add a ResourceSubType free text field to specify the controller type.
   For example, for a VirtualLsiLogicSASController as found in Windows 2012:

   <rasd:ResourceSubType>lsilogicsas</rasd:ResourceSubType>

   You can use the following values:

   SCSI disk controller type field text (ResourceSubType value)	diskController saved in template and created on VMware
   contains "paravirtual"	ParaVirtualSCSIController
   contains "bus"	VirtualBusLogicController
   contains "sas"	VirtualLsiLogicSASController
   other (default value)	VirtualLsiLogicController

To set a disk controller for a VM template, see Modify a VM Template.

To set a disk controller for a VM, see Modify VM hard disks and Modify VM volumes