On a virtual platform, it’s a completely different story. The ‘during’ part is particularly important too, because if the storage driver is not present at the time of install, the hard disk will not be recognized, and the installation fails! That particular combination is, in fact, so common that Operating Systems like Windows have the drivers for those devices pre-installed so they will be recognized both during and after installation. For example on a physical system, you might specify LSI SAS for storage and Intel E1000 NIC’s for network. ![]() On a physical platform, one chooses supported device(s) for networking and storage, and then installs the correct driver(s) to support those devices. ![]() One of the most common oversights in vSphere deployments is a failure to use the Paravirtual drivers that VMware has provided us for networking and storage. ![]() John Borhek How to guides, VMware, VMware ESXi, VMware vSphere, Windows Server January 7, 2016
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