## PowerCLI Reference

# Set-ScsiController

## Synopsis

This cmdlet modifies the specified SCSI controllers.

Syntax

Set-ScsiController [-ScsiController] <ScsiController[]> [-BusSharingMode <ScsiBusSharingMode>] [-Type <ScsiControllerType>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-ScsiController
New-ScsiController

Detailed Description

This cmdlet modifies the specified SCSI controllers. Set-ScsiController cannot set both the Type and BusSharing parameters at the same time. First run the cmdlet to set the type and then run it again to configure the bus sharing mode.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
ScsiController | ScsiController[] | Specifies the SCSI controller you want to modify. | true | true (ByValue)
BusSharingMode | ScsiBusSharingMode | Specifies the bus sharing mode of the SCSI controller. The valid values are NoSharing, Physical, and Virtual. | false | false
Confirm | SwitchParameter | If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation. | false | false
Type | ScsiControllerType | Specifies the type of the SCSI controller. The valid values are ParaVirtual, VirtualBusLogic, VirtualLsiLogic, and VirtualLsiLogicSAS. | false | false
WhatIf | SwitchParameter | Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified. | false | false

Return Type

Zero or more modified ScsiController objects

Notes

Examples

-------------- Example 1 --------------

    Get-ScsiController -VM VM | Set-ScsiController -BusSharingMode Physical

Configures the bus sharing mode of the SCSI controllers of a virtual machine to Physical mode.

-------------- Example 2 --------------

    $scsiController = Get-HardDisk -VM VM | Select -First 1 | Get-ScsiController

    Set-ScsiController -ScsiController $scsiController -Type VirtualLsiLogic

Changes the type of the SCSI controller of the first hard disk of the VM virtual machine to VirtualLsiLogic.

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