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.Dd $Mdocdate: July 16 2013 $ .Dt VIC 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm vic .Nd VMware VMXnet Virtual Interface Controller device .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd vic* at pci? .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for the VMXnet virtual NIC available in virtual machines by VMware. It appears as a simple Ethernet device but is actually a virtual network interface to the underlying host operating system.
p This driver supports the c vmxnet driver protocol, as an alternative to the emulated .Xr pcn 4 and .Xr em 4 interfaces also available in the VMware environment. The .Nm vic driver is optimized for the virtual machine, it can provide advanced capabilities depending on the underlying host operating system and the physical network interface controller of the host.
p The .Nm driver supports VMware virtual NICs provided by the following products:
p l -bullet -compact -offset indent t VMware ESX 2.0 and newer t VMware GSX 2.5 and newer t VMware Server 1.0 and newer t VMware Workstation 4.5 and newer t VMware Fusion 1.0 and newer .El
p The .Nm driver supports the following media types: l -tag -width autoselect t autoselect Enable autoselection of the media type and options. The driver always uses the fastest available speed and the media options provided by the underlying host of the virtual machine. .El
p For more information on configuring this device, see .Xr ifconfig 8 . .Sh EXAMPLES The following entry must be added to the VMware configuration file to provide the .Nm device: d -literal -offset indent ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet" .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr arp 4 , .Xr em 4 , .Xr ifmedia 4 , .Xr intro 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr pci 4 , .Xr pcn 4 , .Xr vmx 4 , .Xr hostname.if 5 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm driver was written by .An Reyk Floeter Aq Mt reyk@openbsd.org and .An David Gwynne Aq Mt dlg@openbsd.org .