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
Integrating an AIX system in to Active Directory is not entirely straight forward. Integration in to an Active Directory domain for user authentication can be done utilizing the following steps (similar to that found in http://us1.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/AIX/README): Download and install the krb5.client.rte package for AIX. Download the pre-built AIX 5.2 (compatible with AIX 5.3) binaries from