Brief Explanation of ESXi Virtualization Passthrough

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Brief Explanation of ESXi Virtualization Passthrough
For better user experience and performance, passthrough the graphics card, network card, USB, and hard disk.
  • I installed ESXi using UEFI, but after successfully passing through the integrated graphics, the monitor shows a black screen with no output. It is recommended to use BIOS to boot and install the ESXi system.
### Internal Configuration Reference:
Edit the file vi /etc/vmware/passthru.map and add the following information, then save it
[root@localhost:~] lspci -v | grep "Class 0106" -B 10000:00:17.0 SATA controller Mass storage controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H AHCI Controller [vmhba0]         Class 0106: 8086:a102
# Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H AHCI Controller
8086 a102 d3d0 false
# where a102 is the SATA device ID found above, the other three items do not need to be modified
# To passthrough all Intel devices, add the following information and save
# Intel Corporation ALL
8086 ffff d3d0 default
### SATA
8086 a352 d3d0 false
### USB
8086 a36d d3d0 false
### Intel all
8086 ffff d3d0 default
ESXI# lspci -v
1、USB Controller:
0000:00:14.0 Serial bus controller USB controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller
Class 0c03: 8086:a36d
2、Hard Disk Controller:
0000:00:17.0 Mass storage controller SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH-H AHCI Controller
Class 0106: 8086:a352
3、Integrated Graphics:
0000:00:02.0 Display controller VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]
Class 0300: 8086:3e92
4、Disable Integrated Graphics Output on Host:
esxcli system settings kernel set -s vga -v FALSE
5、Passthrough Integrated Graphics:
1、Increase Virtual Machine Configuration:
hypervisor.cpuid.v0=FALSE
svga.present=FALSE
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Brief Explanation of ESXi Virtualization Passthrough
6、Passthrough USB Drives:
USB hard drives, flash drives, keyboards, and mice can be connected to the virtual machine.
7、Passthrough Hard Disk Drives:
The premise for passthrough hard disk drives is that the device has two hard drives, NVME and SATA. After installing ESXi on the NVME drive, the SATA drive can be passed through to the virtual machine, and vice versa.
  • Note: To passthrough hard drives on Windows 10, BIOS boot installation of the virtual machine is required. After EFI boot installation, the passthrough hard drive cannot boot.
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