Installation guide

Fig u re 10.6 . T h e Compu t er Man ag ement win d o w
3. St art t h e d river u p d at e wiz ard
a. View availab le syst em d evices
Expand System d evi ces by clicking on the arrow to its left.
Fig u re 10.7. Viewin g availab le syst em devices in t h e Co mp u t er
Man ag emen t win d o w
b. Lo cat e t h e ap p ro p riat e d evice
There are up to four drivers available: the balloon driver, the serial driver, the network
driver, and the block driver.
Bal l o on, the balloon driver, affects the P C I stand ard R AM C o ntro l l er in
the System d evi ces group.
vi oseri al , the serial driver, affects the P C I Si mpl e C o mmuni cati o n
C o ntro l l er in the System d evi ces group.
NetKVM, the network driver, affects the Netwo rk ad apters group. This driver is
only available if a virtio NIC is configured. Configurable parameters for this driver
are documented in Appendix A, NetKVM Driver Parameters.
vi osto r, the block driver, affects the D i sk d ri ves group. This driver is only
available if a virtio disk is configured.
Right-click on the device whose driver you wish to update, and select Upd ate
D ri ver. . . from the pop-up menu.
This example installs the balloon driver, so right-click on P C I stand ard R AM
C o ntro l l er.
⁠Chapt er 1 0 . KVM Para- virt ualiz ed (virt io) Drivers
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