Adding a PCI Controller
This operation allows you to add a PCI controller to a virtual machine.
The following figure shows the sample for device-change-list for adding a PCI Controller. For adding a virtual disk, the permissible values of the elements are:
Element | Definition | Required |
|---|---|---|
<device> | Contains information about the hard disk that you want to add; contains the controller-type attribute
| No |
<bus-number> | Specifies the bus number required for adding a PCI controller | No |
XML Sample of device-change-list for adding a PCI Controller
<device-change-list>
<device-change>
<operation>add</operation>
<device type="VirtualPCIController">
<bus-number>0</bus-number>
<device>0</device>
</device>
</device-change>
</device-change-list>
<device-change>
<operation>add</operation>
<device type="VirtualPCIController">
<bus-number>0</bus-number>
<device>0</device>
</device>
</device-change>
</device-change-list>
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