I need a serial null modem cable to be connected to a serial port , for management control of my infiniband switch.
unfortunately, this sun x2821a switch uses a usb port which needs a usb to serial adapter. I can do so easily with any stand alone windows PC , and putty in.
When I try to give a serial port (using the physical port from the esxi host) to any windows VM, even though everything is detected , putty in and there is no response from the switch. I can only assume I am doing something wrong. I also configure the bios of the VM to have only 1 serial port, still no response.