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Fix step ordering: create VM 101 before adding Coral USB, expand wizard detail

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Move Coral USB passthrough to after VM 101 creation. Expand VM 101 wizard
to full tab-by-tab format matching VM 100 with NUMA, ballooning disabled,
VirtIO-GPU, and security VLAN network settings.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -2358,45 +2358,6 @@ needs USB 3.0 speed and works on any port.
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### Step 11.5 — Add Coral USB to VM 101
In the left panel, click **101** → **Hardware** tab.
Click **Add** → **USB Device**.
First entry (pre-init ID):
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Use USB Vendor/Device ID | selected |
| Vendor ID | 1a6e |
| Device ID | 089a |
Click **Add**.
Click **Add** → **USB Device** again.
Second entry (post-init ID):
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Use USB Vendor/Device ID | selected |
| Vendor ID | 18d1 |
| Device ID | 9302 |
Click **Add**.
> **Why two entries?** The Coral USB presents as `1a6e:089a` before Frigate
> loads firmware onto it, then re-enumerates as `18d1:9302` after firmware
> loads. Both must be passed through or the second enumeration will not be
> accessible inside the VM.
> **The Coral must be physically plugged in to the R730xd before starting the
> VM.** If it is not connected, the VM boots fine but the USB devices will
> not appear.
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### Passing other USB devices to VMs
Any USB device plugged into the R730xd can be passed through to a VM using
@@ -2603,17 +2564,71 @@ scsi8: /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca23bab1234,size=0
Click **Create VM** in the web UI.
| Tab | Value |
|-----|-------|
| General | VM ID: **101**, Name: **frigate** |
| OS | ubuntu-24.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso |
| System → Graphic card | **Default (VirtIO)** |
| System → Machine | q35 |
| System → BIOS | OVMF (UEFI) |
| System → Pre-Enrolled Keys | **unchecked** |
| CPU | 6 cores, host |
| Memory | 8192 MiB |
| Disk | 64 GiB on local-lvm |
**Tab: General**
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| VM ID | 101 |
| Name | frigate |
**Tab: OS**
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| ISO image | ubuntu-24.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso |
| OS Type | Linux |
| Version | 6.x - 2.6 Kernel |
**Tab: System**
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Graphic card | VirtIO-GPU |
| Machine | q35 |
| BIOS | OVMF (UEFI) |
| Add EFI Disk | checked |
| EFI Storage | local-lvm |
| Pre-Enrolled Keys | unchecked |
| SCSI Controller | VirtIO SCSI Single |
| Qemu Agent | checked |
| Add TPM | unchecked |
> Pre-Enrolled Keys unchecked — no Secure Boot needed for Ubuntu Server.
**Tab: Disks**
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Bus/Device | SCSI / 0 |
| Storage | local-lvm |
| Disk size (GiB) | 32 |
| Cache | Write back |
| Discard | checked |
| IO thread | checked |
| SSD emulation | unchecked |
**Tab: CPU**
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Sockets | 1 |
| Cores | 6 |
| Type | host |
| Enable NUMA | checked |
> 6 cores from socket 1 (VM 100 uses socket 0). NUMA keeps memory local to
> the cores doing the work.
**Tab: Memory**
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Memory (MiB) | 8192 |
| Minimum memory (MiB) | 8192 |
| Ballooning Device | unchecked |
> Ballooning disabled — locks the VM at 8 GiB, same reason as VM 100. 8 GiB
> is sufficient for Frigate with the Coral handling inference.
**Tab: Network**
@@ -2624,12 +2639,53 @@ Click **Create VM** in the web UI.
| VLAN Tag | your security VLAN tag (e.g. 20) |
| Firewall | checked |
> Frigate runs on a dedicated security VLAN so cameras are isolated from the
> Frigate runs on a dedicated security VLAN — cameras are isolated from the
> main LAN. Set the VLAN tag to match your camera/security VLAN.
> **No GPU for VM 101.** The Coral TPU (added in Step 11.5) handles all AI
> inference. Frigate uses CPU decode for camera streams — perfectly adequate
> on dual Xeons with 6 cores dedicated to this VM.
Click **Finish**.
> **No GPU for VM 101.** The Coral TPU (added in Step 11.9b below) handles
> all AI inference. Frigate uses CPU decode for camera streams — perfectly
> adequate on dual Xeons with 6 cores dedicated to this VM.
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### Step 11.9b — Add Coral USB to VM 101
In the left panel, click **101** → **Hardware** tab.
Click **Add** → **USB Device**.
First entry (pre-init ID):
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Use USB Vendor/Device ID | selected |
| Vendor ID | 1a6e |
| Device ID | 089a |
Click **Add**.
Click **Add** → **USB Device** again.
Second entry (post-init ID):
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Use USB Vendor/Device ID | selected |
| Vendor ID | 18d1 |
| Device ID | 9302 |
Click **Add**.
> **Why two entries?** The Coral USB presents as `1a6e:089a` before Frigate
> loads firmware onto it, then re-enumerates as `18d1:9302` after firmware
> loads. Both must be passed through or the second enumeration will not be
> accessible inside the VM.
> **The Coral must be physically plugged in to the R730xd before starting the
> VM.** If it is not connected, the VM boots fine but the USB devices will
> not appear.
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