IDE passthrough on CD/DVD-ROM device seems not to be really promising as I have tried through different ESXi 4.x boxes.
Finally, I found this way to get through this. You need to open up vSphere interface at a remote machine for monitor and control. You also need a remote desktop session connected to the target Windows Guest VM for checking read/write access on the target physical DVD drive.
Using remote VMware vSphere interface, it is easy to add new SCSI device for physical DVD drive. Before adding new SCSI device, you may want to shutdown Windows guest VM first.
Once SCSI DVD device is added to Guest VM's profile, you may start the VM again to see if the device is detected.
When you can login to Windows Guest VM, it's time to try on remote vSphere interface by clicking CD/DVD-ROM device icon to connect to host physical device. You should see the device raw ID as shown in the selection list for choice on vSphere interface. Once connected, the physical SCSI DVD drive should be ready to go for Read & Write operations on your Windows Guest VM.
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