Virtual Serial Port Proxy Capabilities

A virtual serial port proxy operates as an RFC2217-compatible telnet server. A proxy provides the following capabilities in the vSphere environment.
  • Accepts telnet connections from virtual machines
  • Supports VMware telnet extension commands and responds to VMware telnet extension messages from virtual machines
  • Forwards network traffic between virtual machines and remote systems
  • Handles extension commands for notification of vMotion events and redirects traffic accordingly