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Re: How to add a PCI modem to an ESXi server and make it available to a host

wila — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:42:31 GMT

In addition to what Dave says, here is some background info on the subject:
Re: Guest able to directly access PCI cards
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Wil

Re: How to add a PCI modem to an ESXi server and make it available to a host

Dave.Mishchenko — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:56:41 GMT

ESXi is not able to pass through cards like modems, fax cards, USB devices to VMs. Usually if you need to use a special device in a VM you can use a USB / serial over IP device to attach the device to the VM. You might be able to use the PCI card with VMware Server if the modem is presented as a COM device.

How to add a PCI modem to an ESXi server and make it available to a host

saunders4now — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:07:33 GMT

I have VMWare ESXi running on an HP server with on host. I need to make a PCI modem available to the host, having installed the modem in the server does anybody know how I can make it available to the Host?