To assist with graceful shutdown and other commands between the host and guest, KVM-based deployments of the SBC SWe support the QEMU guest agent.
If the Virtual Disk Type is not set to IDE while creating a new VM instance, the following error is displayed:
The figures shown in this procedure are intended as examples of the user interface and might not match the presented images exactly.
You must Shutdown and delete the VM instance, and create a new instance ensuring Virtual Disk Type is set to IDE.
If the Copy Host CPU Configuration is not selected during VM instance creation, SBC SWe instance does not start as the processor requirements are not met. The following error is displayed:
Right-click the instance and select Open.
The Virtual Machine window is displayed.
Click Details.
The VM details is displayed.
From the left pane, select Processor.
Under the Configuration section, click Copy Host CPU Configuration.
The Model field displays the host CPU configuration running on the host system like SandyBridge or Nehalem.