Jake, unfortunately in vSphere ESXi we do not make provision for passing HID devices like mice and keyboards through to VMs on the host running the ESXi hypervisor. It sounds like that is what you are trying to do and if so that would account for the fact that the devices show up in lsusb but are not available to be added to the VM. You can verify by cat-ting /dev/usbdevices and checking the "V" entries for your keyboard and mouse. They will be of the form "V: Not available for Passthrough". If I a mistaken about where your are encountering problems (i.e., if you are not to trying to use a physical USB keyboard connected to the host running the ESXi hypervisor) or if you have further questions do let me know. Thanks.
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