Power Monitoring Expert and USB Modems

Issue
User does not have a Physical COMM port on the machine running Power Monitoring Expert (PME) Software 

Product
Power Monitoring Expert 7.2.x, 8.x

Environment
Physical Servers

Cause
Not recommended to use a USB to Serial converter dongle. 

Resolution
Two main options for connecting modems to a physical server without a COMM port.

1) Add an internal PCI card with serial ports example (http://www.comtrolstore.com/RocketPort_Express_PCIe_4_Port_s/413.htm)

2) USB to Serial converter such as http://www.digi.com/products/usb/edgeport#models