The ESX console and the VI Client (newly re-branded as vSphere) the two ways to get in to an ESX server. When you have ‘multiple cooks’, it becomes a requirement to be able to track who has done what on the system, and this is where ESX can be tweaked to provide granular authentication. span
ESX/ESXi is a great way to truly utilize the powerful hardware that is available out there. With the introduction of ESXi, VMware has ‘pulled a Microsoft’ by offering ESX for free to the masses in an attempt to anchor their stranglehold on the virtualization market. ESXi 4, with VMware’s vSphere client, works on a broad
SSH access to the console of an ESXi system is disabled by default as it is considered an ‘unsupported’ feature. To enable it, there are just a few simple steps: At the ESXi console, hit ALT-F1 to change to the console window Type in the word ‘unsupported’ and enter. You will not see anything echoed