Connecting a Physical CD/DVD Drive

--device-add cdrom --device < name > [ --iface < ide | scsi | sata >] [ --passthr < yes | no >]

[ --position < n >] [ --subtype < buslogic | lsi-spi | lsi-sas >]

Parameters

--device : the name of the host computer CD/DVD drive that will be connected to the virtual machine. To obtain the names of all CD/DVD drives installed on the host, use the prlsrvctl info command.

--iface : virtual CD/DVD drive interface type.

--passthr : enables the passthrough mode for the specified device.

--position : the SCSI / IDE / SATA device identifier to be used for the CD/DVD drive. Allowed ranges:

• 0-3 for IDE disk drives
• 0-6 for SCSI disk drives
• 0-5 for SATA disk drives

--subtype : virtual CD/DVD drive subtype.