Virtualization Essentials

Understanding Virtual Devices

When you created a virtual machine, it was already preconfigured with a base set of virtual devices without additional customization. Once created, the devices could be configured further to provide more flexibility. Past these four main areas, additional devices are available. If you consider a personal computer, there are USB devices like keyboards or mice. Printers are connected in a variety of ways. Other sensory interfaces, such as graphical displays and sound cards, are used as well. All of these are available.

1. To examine the various virtual hardware devices, open the Virtual Machine Settings on the Windows virtual machine. The hardware tab should be selected by default displaying the devices in the virtual ...