Hello,
I have ESXi 5.0 and need to configure a serial port on a Dell server on a Linux virtual machine to communicate with a printer Fiscal Bematech MP4000.
I added a serial port on the virtual machine, but is not communicating with the printer.
I changed some settings in the BIOS serial server, but not solved.
Someone has gone through this?
Attached is a picture of the setup!
thank you
Make sure IOMMU is enabled on your ESXi host's BIOS? Also check the serial port is enabled and I would also make sure there is no IRQ conflicts.
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The principle has no IRQ conflict.
I did not find this option IOMMU in the BIOS of my virtual machine!
follows a BIOS image from the virtual machine, showing the serial port enabled!
Below is a log of my host when I click connect the serial port to my virtual machine:
[msg.serial.device.open] serial0: Unable to open the "/dev/char/serial/uart0" serial port: Device or resource busy.
2012-07-20T20:04:02.343Z| vmx|
2012-07-20T20:04:02.343Z| vmx| [msg.device.badconnect] Failed to connect virtual device serial0.
2012-07-20T20:04:02.343Z| vmx| ----------------------------------------
2012-07-20T20:04:02.348Z| vmx| TOOLS received request in VMX to set option 'synctime' -> '0'
IOMMU setting wasn't for guest but for your physcial ESXi host hardware's BIOS.
this option is not on my physical host, but the technology of virtualization is enabled.
there are some in the BIOS serial port settings such as speed, redirection. need to change any of these parameters?
Thanks!
IOMMU is a different feature, it is nothing to do with the serial port, it is used for vmware direct path, for that the processor needs to have intel vTd or AMD RVI, capable.
I dont think IOMMU is need for this to work.
see the below KB,
Hello,
reinstalled ESXi and virtual machines over the weekend.
From what I understand my problem was when the exported virtual machine vmware esxi4.1, and care in vmware esxi5.0. In this transition must have been the problem on the serial port. Now it is working properly.
Thanks to everyone's attention. Hugs.