RobertKaucher wrote: » Nice! Now that is cool...
astorrs wrote: » Tiersten, if we're talking about home use I agree. or if it's just for console access like the OP wanted a term server from any vendor makes more sense. But in a production environment for USB ports I wouldn't want to give up the benefits of virtualization just to satisfy some obscure hardware req (like USB HASPs, etc). I've done the same with serial-over-IP boxes in the past too from Digi.
astorrs wrote: » AnywhereUSB/5's are your friend in a virtualized data center.
aueddonline wrote: » Thanks for the posts guys With the usbanywhere solution would there be any issue with drivers? for the USB-DB9/cisco-Serial cables I'm using, my problems is that I don't have a 64 bit driver which is one of the reasons I was hoping to us a 32bit guest (becasue I have a 32 bit driver for the cables). I just had a thought I could run my terminal server within VMware workstation 6 on this server, I think that allows for the use of USBs
aueddonline wrote: » just tried it, you can't install VMware workstation 6 while Hyper-V is running
astorrs wrote: » Correct as Hyper-V can't pass-through the CPU extensions. The reverse is possible though (running Hyper-V inside of Workstation 6.5).
aueddonline wrote: » I just had a thought I could run my terminal server within VMware workstation 6 on this server, I think that allows for the use of USBs
tiersten wrote: » If it did let you install Workstation (which it doesn't), how would you connect your real USB ports to the VM that is running Workstation? Thats the exact problem you're trying to solve in the first place
aueddonline wrote: » you can use USBs on the host with workstation 6.5
aueddonline wrote: » I've got server 2008 installed with hyper V and was wondering if you can set it up so the guest OS can use the selected USB ports, What i'd like to do is have a guest be a console server for some Cisco equipment, so the USB ports selected would only ever be used by the guest. Anyone know how this is done?
