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# vm-add-ahci-optical

- 3.6. vm-add-ahci-optical
  - 3.6.1. Name
  - 3.6.2. Description
  - 3.6.3. Example

3.6.1

## Name

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vm-add-ahci-optical - Add an AHCI optical drive to a virtual machine
3.6.2

## Description

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The vm-add-ahci-optical command adds an optical drive to a virtual machine.
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Optical drives do not have any storage backends assigned to them by default. The storage backend for an optical drive must be specified by a boot configuration.
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### 3.6.2.3 Parameters

Parameter | Type | Required | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
--comment | String | false | A comment describing the new disk
--configuration | Path | false | The path to the configuration file (environment variable: $WAXMILL_CONFIGURATION_FILE)
--device-slot | Device Slot | true | The slot to which the device will be attached.
--machine | UUID | true | The ID of the virtual machine
--verbose | Log Level | false | Set the minimum logging verbosity level.
--replace | Boolean | false | true if an existing device in the given slot should be replaced.

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### 3.6.2.4 Device Slot Syntax

    bus        = ? [0 .. 255] ? ;
    slot       = ? [0 .. 31] ? ;
    function   = ? [0 .. 7] ? ;
    deviceSlot = bus , ":" , slot , ":" , function ;

    Examples:
      0:0:0
      255:31:7

3.6.3

## Example

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### 3.6.3.1 Example

    $ waxmill vm-add-ahci-optical \
      --machine de17174a-1b3c-4ebc-80af-cb239aa18cbd \
      --device-slot 0:4:0

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