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sogefivmware
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Add an lpt card

Hy, i'have a HP g4 dl380 machine where i have installed esxi 3.5, but this machine dont have any LPT port, and i needed one for a product the run on a virtual server with a lpt dongle, so i buy an lpt pci card, mounted on the dl380, but i don't know how to show the port to esxi...any suggestion ?

tnx

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norregaard
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According to the following KB article, physical parallel ports are not supported in ESXi 3.5:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1003129&sl...

and there is this article with a bit more info:

http://www.techhead.co.uk/vmware-esxi-serial-parallel-port-use-physical-serial-port-on-the-host-grey...