Name

Description

<vm_ID|vm_name>

The virtual machine ID or name.

--device-add cdrom

Adds a DVD/CD drive to the virtual machine. You can connect up to four IDE devices and up to seven SCSI devices to a virtual machine. This includes virtual hard disks and DVD/CD drives.

--device-set cdrom<N>

Modifies the parameters of an existing virtual optical disk. The N postfix indicates the drive index number. To obtain the list of the available drives, use the prlctl list command with the --info option.

--device <dev_name>

The name of the physical optical disk to connect to the virtual machine.

--image <file>

The name of an existing disk image file to mount in the virtual machine. Currently, the following image file formats are supported: .iso, .cue, .ccd, and .dmg. The image must not be compressed and/or encrypted.

--iface <ide|scsi>

Interface type:

• ide — IDE disk.
• scsi — SCSI disk (default).

--position <pos>

The SCSI, SATA or IDE device identifier to be used for the DVD/CD drive. The allowed ID ranges are the following:

• IDE devices: 0-3
• SATA devices: 0-5
• SCSI device: 0-6

You can use one of the following formats for specifying IDs: ID:bus, ID-bus, ID. For example, if you specify 3:0 (or 3-0 or 3) as number for a SCSI drive, the guest OS will see the drive as having ID 3 on SCSI bus 0.

--subtype <buslogic|lsi-spi|lsi-sas>

Virtual hard disk subtype.

--enable

Enables the specified DVD/CD drive. All newly added drives are enabled by default (provided the --disable option is omitted).

--disable

Disables the specified optical disk drive. The disk drive itself is not removed from the virtual machine configuration.

--connect

Automatically connect the specified optical disk drive during the virtual machine startup process.

--disconnect

Do not automatically connect the specified optical disk drive during the virtual machine startup process.