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# VZConsoleDevice

A class that represents a console device in a VM.

```
class VZConsoleDevice
```

## Overview

Don’t instantiate a `VZConsoleDevice` directly: You first configure console devices on the [`VZVirtualMachineConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachineConfiguration) through a subclass of [`VZConsoleDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZConsoleDeviceConfiguration). After you create [`VZVirtualMachine`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachine) from the configuration, the console devices are available through the [`consoleDevices`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtualMachine/consoleDevices) property.

The actual type of `VZConsoleDevice` corresponds to the type that the configuration uses. For example, a [`VZVirtioConsoleDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsoleDeviceConfiguration) is a device of type [`VZVirtioConsoleDevice`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZVirtioConsoleDevice).

## See Also

[`VZConsoleDeviceConfiguration`](/documentation/Virtualization/VZConsoleDeviceConfiguration)

The base class for a console device configuration.


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