Add a CD/DVD Drive

You can add a virtual CD/DVD drive to a virtual machine.
Shut down or power off the virtual machine. You cannot change the setting while the virtual machine is powered on or suspended.
  1. Select
    Window
    Virtual Machine Library
    .
  2. Select a virtual machine in the
    Virtual Machine Library
    window and click
    Settings
    .
  3. Click
    Add Device
    .
  4. Click
    CD/DVD Drive
    .
  5. Click
    Add
    .
  6. Configure the drive.
    Option
    Description
    Automatically detect physical CD/DVD
    The virtual machine detects your Mac CD/DVD drive.
    Specify physical CD/DVD
    Directs the virtual machine’s CD/DVD drive to a physical drive.
    Use disk image
    Directs the virtual machine’s CD/DVD drive to an ISO image. Click the pop-up menu to browse for and select the ISO image file.