About This Book

The VMware® Using a Proxy with vSphere Virtual Serial Ports manual provides information about developing a virtual serial port concentrator for use in the vSphere environment.

VMware provides different APIs and SDKs for various applications and goals. This manual describes the capabilities of a proxy implementation that supports the VMware telnet extension. It also includes information about configuring a virtual serial port for a proxy connection.

To view the current version of this book as well as all VMware API and SDK documentation, go to http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/sdk_pubs.html.

Revision History

This book is revised with each release of the product or when necessary. A revised version can contain minor or major changes. Revision History summarizes the significant changes in each version of this book.

Revision History

Revision Date	Description
10Sep2012	Supported in VMware vSphere 5.1; added syntax for authentication parameters used with encrypted telnet and telnets connections.
24Aug2011	Supported in VMware vSphere 5.0.
13JUL2010	Initial release, supported in VMware vSphere 4.1.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for anyone developing a virtual serial port proxy for the vSphere environment. Proxy developers should have experience with the telnet protocol and network communication.

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VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that might be unfamiliar to you. For definitions of terms as they are used in VMware technical documentation go to http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.

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