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