[asterisk-users] Asterisk under VMWare

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Michiel van Baak wrote:
> On 18:51, Tue 23 Oct 07, WipeOut wrote:
>   
>> Anyone had any experience with an Asterisk server as a VMWare virtual 
>> machine?
>>     
>
> We are running multiple sites as a VMWare virtual machine.
> All of them are voip only, so I have no idea how it works
> with T1/E1/POTS interface cards, but as a pure voip setup it
> works great.
>   
I've understood that VMWare virtual machines cannot access physical 
hardware in the host machine directly, only the emulated hardware VMWare 
provides.  As such, no T1/E1/POTS interfaces that connect via PCI. 

I'm not sure about the suitability of this route, but I would assume 
that any T1/E1/POTS USB devices out there would work, if they exist, 
because VMWare *does* allow the host's USB devices to connect to the 
guest..  Wasn't there talk on the list lately about a USB DS3 adapter?