VMware Workstation/ESXi BIOS/EFI SLIC Mod

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  1. pantagruel

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  2. fbifido

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    Can someone post the Dell 2.3 SLIC mod of this.

    Thanks.
     
  3. urie

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  4. andrews

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    Another possibility....

    If you have SLIC 2.3 your machine BIOS that VMWare Workstation is running on, you can add 3 lines to your <VM name>.vmx file and it will pass through the SLIC from your hardware BIOS...

    acpi.passthru.slic = "TRUE"
    acpi.passthru.slicvendor = "TRUE"
    SMBIOS.reflecthost = "TRUE"
     
  5. urie

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    Andrews have you actually tried this ? if I remember there was a discussion thread before and it did not work.
     
  6. andrews

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    As far as I can tell it did....
    I have a Dell T5500 SLIC 2.3. Used it in vmware 11 and 12 with Windows Loader 2.2.2 to load the certs into the OS - it said SLIC 2.3 in Windows Loader...
     
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  8. pantagruel

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  9. ZaForD

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    Had to build a few VMs today, so built them a box I know has an OEM SLIC (v2.1) in the BIOS, added the three lines from above to the .vmx and both activated perfectly. :)
    Can't see why it wouldn't still work with SLIC v2.3.
     
  10. urie

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    @ ZaForD, @ andrews, my mistake as I said thread was a while back.
     
  11. Armageus

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    Will this work for VMWare Player 12?
     
  12. pantagruel

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    Yes, it will.
     
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  13. briseis

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    Just to clarify on my understanding:

    I'm running Vmware workstation 11 with a vmware BIOS build 397 (guest is win 7). Would I need a BIOS Build 429 to run Vmware 12?

    If so, could someone compile an ASUS SLIC bios that I can integrate with a resource manager?
     
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  15. briseis

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    I would prefer a modified vmware-vmx.exe because I'm running some encrypted VMs. One can't edit a vmx file as long as a vm is running encrypted.
     
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    #18 pantagruel, Sep 8, 2015
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    syntax error: a few (yea right!) :D
     
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