PCI Info

Overview

Evidence: PCI Info Description: ESXi PCI Info Category: DiskFilesystem Platform: esxi Short Name: pciinfo Is Parsed: Yes Sent to Investigation Hub: Yes Collect File(s): No

Background

PCI device enumeration provides comprehensive hardware inventory including network cards, storage controllers, GPUs, and other expansion devices. This baseline establishes expected hardware configuration and helps detect unauthorized physical device additions or modifications.

Data Collected

This collector gathers structured data about pci info.

PCI Info Data

Field	Description	Example
Address	Address	Example value
Segment	Segment	Example value
Bus	Bus	Example value
Slot	Slot	Example value
Function	Function	Example value
VMKernelName	VM Kernel Name	Example value
VendorName	Vendor Name	Example value
DeviceName	Device Name	Example value
ConfiguredOwner	Configured Owner	Example value
CurrentOwner	Current Owner	Example value
VendorID	Vendor ID	Example value
DeviceID	Device ID	Example value
SubVendorID	Sub Vendor ID	Example value
SubDeviceID	Sub Device ID	Example value
DeviceClass	Device Class	Example value
DeviceClassName	Device Class Name	Example value
ProgrammingInterface	Programming Interface	Example value
RevisionID	Revision ID	Example value
InterruptLine	Interrupt Line	Example value
IRQ	IRQ	123
InterruptVector	Interrupt Vector	Example value
PCIPin	PCI Pin	Example value
SpawnedBus	Spawned Bus	Example value
Flags	Flags	Example value
ModuleID	Module ID	123
ModuleName	Module Name	Example value
Chassis	Chassis	123
PhysicalSlot	Physical Slot	123
SlotDescription	Slot Description	Example value
DeviceLayerBusAddress	Device Layer Bus Address	Example value
PassThruCapable	Pass Thru Capable	Example value
ParentDevice	Parent Device	Example value
DependentDevice	Dependent Device	Example value
ResetMethod	Reset Method	Example value
FPTSharable	FPT Sharable	Example value
NUMANode	NUMA Node	123
ExtendedDeviceID	Extended Device ID	123
ExtendedDeviceName	Extended Device Name	Example value

Collection Method

This collector parses PCI device information, extracting bus addresses, device IDs, vendor IDs, device classes, subsystem information, driver associations, and device names for all PCI and PCIe devices visible to the ESXi host.

Forensic Value

PCI device inventory validates hardware configuration, detects rogue devices like hardware keyloggers or network taps, identifies unauthorized passthrough configurations, and reveals hardware-based attack vectors. Device ID changes or unexpected additions indicate physical tampering or malicious hardware implants.