Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux on VmWare with Digium Wildcard TDM410

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

> On Feb 5, 2022, at 11:50 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...> wrote:
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>> On Feb 5, 2022, at 11:09 AM, Ionel Chila via Astlinux-users <ast...@li...> wrote:
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>> I had this dedicated box with a Digium Wildcard TDM410 running forever, thanks for all the hard work that is put into this great project.  I run few SIP trunks on this home PBX with VOIP providers from Europe, Asia and US as I have family all over the world.  I also use this for some automation tasks, so the need for the FXO and FXS modules besides my home line.
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>> I am in process of consolidating some of my small servers into a beefy VmWare Esxi 7.0 server and I was wondering if migrating from this current physical PBX to VmWare will work.  The only part I am not sure in VmWare is about TDM410. Will this  TDM410 card still work properly even in the virtual environment, of course after putting the card in passthrough mode. Does anyone have a similar working setup?
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>> https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:guest_vm_vmware_vsphere
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>> Thanks
>> Ionel Chila
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> The TDM410 is PCI not PCIe, so you have a "beefy VmWare Esxi 7.0 server" with PCI?
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> While possible, (I have never done it) I would consider reserving one of your old boxes with PCI as a home-built SIP/ATA using AstLinux.
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> Lonnie

Update Ionel,

No, using a DAHDI card will not work in a VM, as least with the standard builds as the Digium hardware firmware is not installed for genx86_64-vm builds.

Building you own SIP/ATA gateway is the best option ... or leave a working solution alone :-)

Lonnie