Configuring a Serial Port

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Configuring a Serial Port

Use VI Web Access to edit serial port configuration in a virtual machine. You can set up the virtual serial port in a virtual machine to use a physical serial port on the host computer. This is useful, for example, if to use a modem or a handheld device on your virtual machine.

To configure a serial port

From the VI Web Access client, select the virtual machine.
On the Summary tab, under Hardware, click Serial Port.
To edit the configuration on a serial port, click Edit.
To connect the Serial port to the virtual machine when it is powered on, select Connect at power on.
Choose the connection type.
- If you select Physical, use the drop-down menu to choose the port that will be used on the end user's host machine.
- If you select File, type the path and filename, or browse to the location of the file.
- If you select Named Pipe, type the pipe name and use the drop-down list to choose the connection options.

Under Near End, choose whether the application running in the guest operating system will function as a server or a client.

Select Is a server to start this end of the connection first.

Select Is a client to start the far end of the connection first.

Under Far End, specify where the application the virtual machine will connect to is located.

Select Is a virtual machine if the application the virtual machine will connect to is located on another virtual machine on the host.

Select Is an application if the application the virtual machine will connect to is running directly on the host machine.

Under I/O Mode, select whether to Yield CPU on poll.
The kernel in the target virtual machine uses the virtual serial port in polled mode, not interrupt mode.
Click OK.