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# Common Options

The options described here are common for all types of devices.

**--device-connect** <*device\_name*>

Connects the specified device to a running virtual machine. The device can be of type fdd, cdrom, sound, or net. To obtain a device name, use the **prlctl list -i** command.

**--device-disconnect** <*device\_name*>

Disconnects the specified device from a running virtual machine.

**--device-set** <*device\_name*> <<**--enable** | **--disable**> | <**--connect** | **--disconnect**>>

Enables/disables or connects/disconnects the specified device to/from a virtual machine. Please note that the **--device-set** command is also used to modify a device configuration and has additional parameters, which are different for different types of devices. The parameters for each device type are described in subsequent sections of this guide.

**--device-del** <*device\_name*> \[**--detach-only** | **--destroy-image** | **--destroy-image-force**]

Removes the specified device from the virtual machine.

If **--detach-only** is specified and the device is a virtual hard disk drive, the disk image is preserved.

If **--destroy-image** is specified, the virtual HDD image is removed from the server.

If **--destroy-image-force** is specified, the virtual HDD image is removed from all snapshots and from the server.

The default action on deleting a virtual HDD is to detach the HDD image as if **--detach-only** was specified.


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