1.\" $OpenBSD: vic.4,v 1.21 2008/07/28 19:52:21 brad Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org> 4.\" 5.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any 6.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 7.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 8.\" 9.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES 10.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 11.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR 12.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES 13.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 14.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF 15.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 16.\" 17.Dd $Mdocdate: July 28 2008 $ 18.Dt VIC 4 19.Os 20.Sh NAME 21.Nm vic 22.Nd VMware VMXnet Virtual Interface Controller device 23.Sh SYNOPSIS 24.Cd vic* at pci? 25.Sh DESCRIPTION 26The 27.Nm 28driver provides support for the VMXnet virtual NIC available in virtual 29machines by VMware. 30It appears as a simple Ethernet device but is actually a virtual network 31interface to the underlying host operating system. 32.Pp 33This driver supports the 34.Ic vmxnet 35driver protocol, as an alternative to the emulated 36.Xr pcn 4 37and 38.Xr em 4 39interfaces also available in the VMware environment. 40The 41.Nm vic 42driver is optimized for the virtual machine, it can provide advanced 43capabilities depending on the underlying host operating system and 44the physical network interface controller of the host. 45.Pp 46The 47.Nm 48driver supports VMware virtual NICs provided by the following products: 49.Pp 50.Bl -bullet -compact -offset indent 51.It 52VMware ESX 2.0 and newer 53.It 54VMware GSX 2.5 and newer 55.It 56VMware Server 1.0 and newer 57.It 58VMware Workstation 4.5 and newer 59.It 60VMware Fusion 1.0 and newer 61.El 62.Pp 63The 64.Nm 65driver supports the following media types: 66.Bl -tag -width autoselect 67.It autoselect 68Enable autoselection of the media type and options. 69The driver always uses the fastest available speed and the media 70options provided by the underlying host of the virtual machine. 71.El 72.Pp 73For more information on configuring this device, see 74.Xr ifconfig 8 . 75.Sh EXAMPLES 76The following entry must be added to the VMware configuration file 77to provide the 78.Nm 79device: 80.Bd -literal -offset indent 81ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet" 82.Ed 83.Sh SEE ALSO 84.Xr arp 4 , 85.Xr em 4 , 86.Xr ifmedia 4 , 87.Xr intro 4 , 88.Xr netintro 4 , 89.Xr pci 4 , 90.Xr pcn 4 , 91.Xr hostname.if 5 , 92.Xr ifconfig 8 93.Sh AUTHORS 94.An -nosplit 95The 96.Nm 97driver was written by 98.An Reyk Floeter Aq reyk@openbsd.org 99and 100.An David Gwynne Aq dlg@openbsd.org . 101.Sh BUGS 102There are tons of bugs in VMware and the underlying host operating systems. 103Please consider that the security of the 104.Ox 105guest can be circumvented by attacking the host environment. 106