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Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual Machines
6 Ifyouareconnectingtwovirtualmachines,youmustconfigureaserialportasa
namedpipeintwovirtualmachines:aservervirtualmachineandaclientvirtual
machine.
aFortheservervirtualmachine,selectServerintheNearendlist.
bFortheclientvirtualmachine,selectClientin
theNearendlist.
c SelectAvirtualmachineintheFarendlist.
7 Ifyouareconnectingtoanapplicationonthehost,dothefollowing:
a SelectServerorClientintheNearendlist.Ingeneral,selectServerifyouplan
tostartthisendoftheconnectionfirst.
b SelectAn
applicationintheFarendlist.
Bydefault,theserialportisconnectedwhenyoupoweronthevirtualmachine.
YoumightdeselecttheConnectatpoweroncheckbox(optional).
8UnderI/OMode,decidewhethertoconfigurethisserialporttouseinterrupt
modeorpolledmode.
Polledmodeis
ofinterestprimarilytodeveloperswhoareusingdebuggingtools
thatcommunicateoveraserialconnection.
Polledmodecausesthevirtualmachinetoconsumeadisproportionateshareof
processor(orCPU)time.Thismakesthehostandotherguestsrunsluggishly.To
maintainbestperformanceforapplicationsonthehost,select
theYieldCPUon
pollcheckbox.Thisforcestheaffectedvirtualmachinetouseinterruptmode,
whichyieldsprocessor(orCPU)timeiftheonlytaskitistryingtodoispollthe
virtualserialport.
9ClickOKtosaveyourchangesandclosethedialogbox.