Configuring devices

A device configuration maps host devices and resources to device representations on a virtual server.

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You can configure devices as part of a domain configuration-XML file. Some devices can also be configured in a separate device configuration-XML file. Separately defined devices can be attached to an already defined virtual server.

Depending on the virtualization technique, virtual devices can be VFIO or SCSI pass-through devices, or they can be virtio devices.

VFIO pass-through DASDs and virtio devices are accessed through a virtual channel subsystem.