Configuring virtual SCSI devices

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Configure SCSI tape devices, SCSI medium changer devices, and DVD drives as virtual SCSI devices for a virtual server.

Before you begin

SCSI disks can be configured as pass-through devices (see Virtual SCSI devices), but the preferred configuration is as virtual block devices (see Configuring virtual block devices).

Procedure

  1. Configure a virtual HBA.

    See Configuring a virtual HBA

  2. Configure a SCSI tape of medium changer device or a virtual SCSI-attached CD/DVD drive being attached to the virtual HBA.

    See one of the following:

Example

See Example of a multipathed SCSI tape and medium changer device configuration.