Specifications

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Click Advanced if you want to configure this serial port to use polled mode. This
option is of interest primarily to developers who are using debugging tools that
communicate over a serial connection. For more information, see Special
Configuration Options for Advanced Users on page 306.
9. Click Finish, then click OK to save your configuration and close the virtual
machine settings editor.
10. On your host computer, configure the application that communicates with the
virtual machine to use the same pipe or Unix socket name.
Connecting to an Application from the Management Interface
1. On the Hardware page, click Add Device. The Add Device Wizard starts.
2. Click Serial Port. The Serial Port page appears.
3. To connect this virtual machine to the device when the virtual machine is
powered on, check Connect at Power On.
4. Connect to a named pipe on the host. In the Device list, select Named Pipe.
5. Enter the location of the file in the Location field.
For a serial pipe on a Windows host, the pipe name must follow the form
\\.\pipe\<namedpipe> — that is, it must begin with \\.\pipe\.
For a serial pipe on a Linux host, enter /tmp/<socket> or another Unix
socket name of your choice.
Note: If you are using a Windows console to connect to a virtual machine on a
remote Linux host, be sure to specify a Linux pipe name here, such as
/tmp/<pipe>. If you are using a Linux console to connect to a virtual machine
on a remote Windows host, be sure to specify a Windows pipe name here, such
as \\.\pipe\<namedpipe>.