direct assignment

Step by Step Guide on How to Enable VT-d and Perform Direct Device Assignment

This guide shows step by step instructions on how to "direct assign" Intel 85276 NIC to a virtual machine using Intel's VT-d technology. For this guide I am using the following hardware and software:
  • Supermicro X8DTN+ Server with Intel Core i7 X5570 processors, American Megatrends BIOS R1.1
  • VMware's ESX Server 4.0 as the hypervisor
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 64-bit as the guest operating system
Your BIOS, VMM and guest OS might be different from what I used, however you can apply the same methodology to your hardware and software.

Step by Step Guide on How to Enable VT-d and Perform Direct Device Assignment

This guide shows step by step instructions on how to "direct assign" Intel 85276 NIC to a virtual machine using Intel's VT-d technology. For this guide I am using the following hardware and software:


  • Supermicro X8DTN+ Server with Intel Core i7 X5570 processors, American Megatrends BIOS R1.1

  • VMware's ESX Server 4.0 as the hypervisor

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 64-bit as the guest operating system



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