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Serial Port Settings

On the Serial Port pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, you can configure the virtual machine serial port settings.

Using serial ports, you can establish a connection between

If you want to connect your virtual machine to the host computer device, you should create a serial port emulated by a real port. The Serial Port list comprises the devices on the host computer that are available for connection. The connected device, being used in any virtual machine, cannot be used by the host computer. To be able to use it in the host computer, you should first disconnect it from the virtual machine. To do that, use the virtual machine status bar.

If you want to connect two virtual machines with each other, you need to create a serial port emulated by a socket in each virtual machine. The names of the serial ports should be identical. The connection between the virtual machines via serial ports is bidirectional. It means that the working modes of the sockets set during the port creation can be changed later on the Serial Port pane.

If you need to log the performance activity of your virtual machine or to record the data from it and use this information later on, you can connect your virtual machine serial port to an output file on the physical server. You will be able to view and analyze the activity history of the virtual machine any time you need it by exploring this file.

You can add a new serial port to your virtual machine using Add Hardware Assistant. For the instruction on how to create serial ports, refer to Adding Serial Port.

Note: You can connect up to four serial ports to a virtual machine.

Serial Port Options

Enabled. Select this option if you want to enable this serial port in the virtual machine. To temporarily disable the serial port without deleting it from the virtual machine configuration, clear this option.

Note: The Enabled option can be selected or cleared only when the virtual machine is stopped.

Connected. Select this option if you want the virtual machine to start up with the serial port connected.

Serial ports can be emulated by the following devices:

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