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Option Action
Use named pipe Select this option to set a direct connection between two virtual machines or a
connection between a virtual machine and an application on the host computer.
a Type a name for the pipe in the Pipe Name field.
b Select the Near end and Far end of the pipe from the drop-down menus.
Use Network Select Use network to connect through a remote network.
a Select the network backing.
n
Select Server to have the virtual machine monitor incoming connections
from other hosts.
n
Select Client to have the virtual machine initiate a connection to another
host.
b Enter a Port URI.
The URI is the remote end of the serial port to which the virtual machine's
serial port should connect.
c If vSPC is used as an intermediate step to access all virtual machines
through a single IP address, select Use Virtual Serial Port Concentrator
and enter the vSPC URI location.
5 (Optional) Select Yield CPU on poll.
Select this option only for guest operating systems that use serial ports in polled mode. This option
prevents the guest from consuming excessive CPUs.
6 Select Connect at power on to connect the serial port when the virtual machine powers on.
7 Click OK.
Example: Establishing Serial Port Network Connections to a Client or Server Without
Authentication Parameters
If you do not use vSPC and you configure your virtual machine with a serial port connected as a server
with a telnet://:12345 URI, you can connect to your virtual machine's serial port from your Linux or
Windows operating system.
telnet yourESXiServerIPAddress 12345
Similarly, if you run the Telnet Server on your Linux system on port 23 (telnet://yourLinuxBox:23),
you configure the virtual machine as a client URI.
telnet://yourLinuxBox:23
The virtual machine initiates the connection to your Linux system on port 23.
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