Enabling or disabling Intel VT-d

Use the Intel (R) VT-d option to enable or disable Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) on a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM).
NOTE:

If you are not using a hypervisor or an operating system that supports this feature, it is not necessary to set the Intel (R) VT-d option to disabled. You can leave it enabled.

Procedure
  1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Virtualization Options > Intel (R) VT-d.
  2. Select a setting.

    • Enabled—Enables a hypervisor or operating system supporting this option to use hardware capabilities provided by Intel’s Virtualization Technology for directed I/O.

    • Disabled—Does not enable a hypervisor or operating system supporting this option to use hardware capabilities provided by Intel’s Virtualization Technology for directed I/O.

  3. Save your setting.