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  • 1.  Add PCI Device greyed out in machine settings (ESXi6.7)

    Posted Oct 03, 2018 04:21 PM

    hello all,

    Does anyone know how I can get the add PCI Device to become available in the settings? It's greyed out in the "add other device" in my VM (Vsphere EXSi 6.7) and i haved the device connected to the slot on the host machione (Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant DL380 Gen9) .

    here's an image of my settings:



  • 2.  RE: Add PCI Device greyed out in machine settings (ESXi6.7)

    Posted Oct 03, 2018 05:56 PM

    Did you enabled passthrough for that device in pci device list?  After that reboot your host.



  • 3.  RE: Add PCI Device greyed out in machine settings (ESXi6.7)

    Posted Oct 03, 2018 06:46 PM

    thanks for the reply RickVerstegen, please how do I "enabled passthrough for that device in pci device list"?



  • 4.  RE: Add PCI Device greyed out in machine settings (ESXi6.7)

    Posted Oct 03, 2018 07:21 PM

    Are these devices listed under the compatibility matrix:

    VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search



  • 5.  RE: Add PCI Device greyed out in machine settings (ESXi6.7)

    Posted Oct 03, 2018 07:23 PM

    See: VMware Knowledge Base



  • 6.  RE: Add PCI Device greyed out in machine settings (ESXi6.7)

    Posted Oct 03, 2018 07:38 PM

    After you've enabled passthrough as mentioned above ensure your vm is powered off when adding a PCI device.



  • 7.  RE: Add PCI Device greyed out in machine settings (ESXi6.7)

    Posted Aug 31, 2021 10:41 PM

    i am experiencing the same issue. PCI Device is grayed out. Have you got the solution for this ?