Some notes regarding exposing a PCI card inside a Virtualbox VM
Determine PCI ID on host:
vbox@vbox:~$ lspci|grep Ethernet
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
Determine name VM:
vbox@vbox:~$ VBoxManage list runningvms
"node-server" {881f529e-5876-4f95-8784-ec7d8d8c8bf4}
Inside VM, take note of used ID's:
user@node-server:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev 02)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]
00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
00:04.0 System peripheral: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Guest Service
00:06.0 USB controller: Apple Inc. KeyLargo/Intrepid USB
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 08)
00:0b.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
00:0d.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
On Host machine:
$ VBoxManage modifyvm "node-server" --pciattach 01:00.0@01:01.0
VBoxManage: error: Host PCI attachment only supported with ICH9 chipset
So make sure the VM uses ICH9 chipset, change accordingly.
Attach PCI card to VM:
$ VBoxManage modifyvm "node-server" --pciattach 01:00.0@01:01.0
