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Chapter 16 Connecting Devices
The84‐keykeyboardhasaSysReqkeyonthenumericpad.Itsv‐scancodeis0x054.
KeyboardsoutsidetheU.S.usuallyhaveanextrakey(often<>or<>|)nexttotheleft
Shiftkey.Thev‐scancodeforthiskeyis0x056.
Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine
Youcanconnectupto20USBdevicestoonevirtualmachinesimultaneously.
WorkstationprovidestwoUSBcontrollerspervirtualmachine,aUHCIcontrollerfor
USB1.1devicesandanEHCIcontrollerforUSB2.0devices.
ForUSB2.0support,yourhostmustsupportUSB2.0,andyoumustenableUSB2.0
supportinWo
rk
station.USB2.0supportisavailableonlyforWorkstation6.xand
highervirtualmachines.USB2.0devicesarehigh‐speeddeviceswhichincludethe
latestmodelsofUSBflashdrives,USBharddrives,iPods,andiPhone.
Onthehost,whenaUSB2.0deviceconnectstoaUSBport,th
edeviceisautomatically
connectedtoEHCIcontrollerandoperatesinUSB2.0mode.AUSB1.1deviceis
connectedtoUHCIcontrollerandoperatesinUSB1.1mode.Avirtualmachinewith
USB2.0supportenabled,simulatesthisbehavior.See“EnabletheUSB2.0Controller
foraVirtualMachine”onpage
352.
Altho
ughyourhostoperatingsystemmustsupportUSB,youdonotneedtoinstall
device‐specificdriversforUSBdevicesinthehostoperatingsystemtousethose
devicesonlyinthevirtualmachine.WindowsNTandLinuxkernelsearlierthan2.2.17
donotsupportUSB.
VMwarehastestedava
rietyofUSBdeviceswithWorkstation7.0.Iftheguestoperating
systemhasappropriatedrivers,youcanuseawidevarietyofUSBdevices,forexample,
PDAs,Smartphones,printers,storage(disk)devices,scanners,MP3players,digital
cameras,memorycardreaders,andisochronoustransferdevices,suchaswebcams,
speakers,andmicrophones.
US
Bhuman
interfacedevices,suchasthekeyboardandmouse,canbeconnectedtothe
virtualmachinebyenablingtheShowallUSBinputdevicesoption.Ifyoudonotselect
theoptiontoShowallUSBinputdevicesasremovabledevices,thesedevicesdonot
appearasRemovableDevicesav
ailabletoconnecttothevirtualmac
hine,eventhough
theyarepluggedintoUSBportsonthehost.Thisoptionisenablesuserstousespecial
USBhumaninterfacedevices(HIDs)insideavirtualmachine.
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