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Most USB devices are supported, including USB printers, scanners, PDAs, hard disk drives, memory
card readers, and digital cameras. Streaming devices, such as webcams, speakers, and
microphones, are also supported.
Virtual Machine Mouse and Drawing Tablet Support
Virtual machines support certain types of mice and drawing tablets.
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PS/2 and USB mouse types are supported.
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Serial tablets are supported.
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USB tablets are supported.
Virtual Machine Ethernet Card Support
Virtual machines support certain types of Ethernet cards.
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Up to 10 virtual Ethernet cards are supported.
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The AMD PCnet-PCI II Ethernet Adapter is supported. For 64-bit guests, the Intel Pro/1000 MT
Server Adapter is also supported.
Virtual Machine Networking Support
Virtual machines support certain Ethernet switches and networking protocols.
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Up to 10 virtual Ethernet switches are supported on Windows host operating systems. Up to 255
virtual Ethernet switches are supported on Linux host operating systems.
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Three switches are configured by default for bridged, host-only, and NAT networking.
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Most Ethernet-based protocols are supported, including TCP/IP, NetBEUI, Microsoft Networking,
Samba, Novell NetWare, and Network File System (NFS).
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Built-in NAT networking supports client software that uses TCP/IP, FTP, DNS, HTTP, and Telnet. VPN
is supported for PPTP over NAT.
Virtual Machine Sound Support
Workstation Pro provides a sound device that is compatible with the Sound Blaster AudioPCI and Intel
High-Definition Audio Specification. The Workstation Pro sound device is enabled by default.
Workstation Pro supports sound in all supported Windows and Linux guest operating systems.
Sound support includes pulse code modulation (PCM) output and input. You can play .wav files, MP3
audio, and Real Media audio. MIDI output from Windows guest operating systems is supported by the
Windows software synthesizer. MIDI input is not supported, and no MIDI support is available for Linux
guest operating systems.
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and most recent Linux distributions detect the sound device and
install appropriate drivers for it.
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