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Get Cisco Multilayer Switch on ESX
March 14th, 2010
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ASA on GNS3
March 6th, 2010
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Access the ESXi Service Console
March 3rd, 2010
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Access the ESXi Service Console
Here is a brief write-up on how to access the Service Console of VMware ESXi. As a disclaimer, this should only be done under the direct supervision of a VMware Support Engineer.
1.From the ESXi console summary screen hit ALT-F1.
2.Enter the word “unsupported” (without quotes).
3.Enter in the root password for your system.
4.Be careful Now edit the inetd.conf file to enable remote SSH into this console;
1.Edit /etc/inetd.conf (vi /etc/inetd.conf).
2.Remove the # sign in front of the SSH line.
3.Kill and restart the inetd process.
1.) ps -ef |grep inetd
2.) kill -HUP # pid is the Process ID, the first number displayed from ps -ef
4.SSH into the IP of your ESXi server, using your root login/password.
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