How to configure USB passthrough to an ESXi Virtual Machine
This video shows you how to access a USB device that is connected to an ESXi host (the actual hardware) on an internal virtual machine (VM). The technical terminology: PCI Devices for USB Setup.
USB Device: Seagate 8TB expansion drive
Steps:
1. Enable USB controllers from the manager
2. Connect the Controllers to a VM
3. Reserve memory and Boot VM
ESXi Version: 6.5.0
Author: Hayden Baldwin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayden-baldwin/)