Troubleshooting an Installation
Fixing Keyboard Repeat Problems on vSphere
On VMware vSphere, there are known issues with key repeat problems which can sometimes cause problems entering the password on the console during OVA deployment over slow-speed links.
This is documented in http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=196 on the VMWare Knowledge Base as follows:
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