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12.2. Assigning a PCI Device with virt-manager

PCI devices can be added to guest virtual machines using the graphical virt-manager tool. The following procedure adds a Gigabit Ethernet controller to a guest virtual machine.

Procedure 12.4. Assigning a PCI device to a guest virtual machine using virt-manager

  1. Open the hardware settings

    Open the guest virtual machine and click the Add Hardware button to add a new device to the virtual machine.
    The virtual machine hardware window with the Information button selected on the top taskbar and Overview selected on the left menu pane.

    Figure 12.1. The virtual machine hardware information window

  2. Select a PCI device

    Select PCI Host Device from the Hardware list on the left.
    Select an unused PCI device. Note that selecting PCI devices presently in use on the host causes errors. In this example, a spare 82576 network device is used. Click Finish to complete setup.
    The Add new virtual hardware wizard with PCI Host Device selected on the left menu pane, showing a list of host devices for selection in the right menu pane.

    Figure 12.2. The Add new virtual hardware wizard

  3. Add the new device

    The setup is complete and the guest virtual machine now has direct access to the PCI device.
    The virtual machine hardware window with the Information button selected on the top taskbar and Overview selected on the left menu pane, displaying the newly added PCI Device in the list of virtual machine devices in the left menu pane.

    Figure 12.3. The virtual machine hardware information window