Using Multiple Displays

This version of Parallels Workstation Extreme enables you to use separate displays for your host computer and your virtual machines and freely move the mouse pointer between them. To be able to use this feature, your host computer and virtual machines should comply with the following requirements:

• The host computer should support the Intel VT-d technology and the Intel VT-d support should be enabled in BIOS.
• The host computer configuration should have at least one free PCIe video adapter (in addition to the PCIe video adapter used by the host computer) with a display connected to it.
• At least one PCIe video adapter should be allocated to virtual machines in Parallels Workstation Extreme Preferences and included in the configuration of one of your virtual machines .

Note: To ensure this PCIe video adapter proper functioning, you should install the latest driver into the guest OS. The latest drivers are available on the manufacturer's website.

• An up-to-date version of Parallels Tools should be installed in the virtual machine that uses this PCIe video adapter.
• If you use two monitors with your Linux host computer, enable either the Xinerama or TwinView mode in the operating system to ensure the proper multi-monitor support. If you use two monitors with your Linux virtual machine, enable either of the two modes in the guest operating system.

You can easily arrange the displays allocated to your host computer and virtual machines using Display Manager. To launch Display Manager:

1. Start the virtual machine that has the directly assigned PCIe video adapter with a separate display connected.
2. Choose Display Manager from the File menu.