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.
Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.
Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.
Click Add Device.
Click CD/DVD Drive.
Click Add.
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.