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Chapter 16 Connecting Devices
Using Serial Ports
AWorkstationvirtualmachinecanuseuptofourvirtualserialports.Thevirtualserial
portscanbeconfiguredinseveralways:
Connectavirtualserialporttoaphysicalserialportonthehostcomputer.
Connectavirtualserialporttoafileonthehostcomputer.
Makeadirectconnectionbetweentwovirtualmachinesorbetweenavirtual
machineandanapplicationrunningonthehostcomputer.
Foreachofthesechoices,youcanalsoselectwhethertoconnectthevirtualserialport
whenyoupoweronthevirtualmachine.
Add a Virtual Serial Port to a Virtual Machine
Usevirtualserialportstomakedevicessuchasmodemsandprintersavailableto
virtualmachinesortosenddebuggingdatafromavirtualmachinetothehostorto
anothervirtualmachine.
Youcanusevirtualserialportstosenddatatothefollowing:
Physicalserialport–Enablesyoutouseadevicesuchasanexternalmodemor
hand‐helddeviceinavirtualmachine.Workstationcreatesavirtualserialport
automaticallywhenyouenablethevirtualprinterfeature.
Outputfileonthehost–Capturesthedatathataprogramrunninginthevirtual
machinesendstothevirtualserialport.
Anapplicationonthehost–Enablesyoutouseanapplicationonthehostto
capturedebugginginformationsentfromthevirtualmachine’sserialport.
Anothervirtualmachine–Enablesyoutouseanapplicationinonevirtual
machine(theclient)tocapturedebugginginformationsentfromtheother
(the server)virtualmachine’sserialport.
To add a virtual serial port to a virtual machine
1 Selectthevirtualmachine.
2Makesurethevirtualmachineispoweredoff.
N
OTEThevirtualprinterfeatureautomaticallyconfiguresaserialporttomakehost
printersavailabletotheguestwithoutinstallingadditionaldriversinthevirtual
machine.See“UseHostPrintersinaVirtualMachine”onpage 180.
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