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Chapter 3 Starting and Stopping the VMware Infrastructure Components
3Typeyourusernameandpassword,andclickLogIn.
TheVI WebAccesshomepageappears.
AfteryourusernameandpasswordareauthorizedbyVI WebAccess,theVI Web
Accesshomepageappears.TheVI WebAccesshomepagecontains:
 Detailsaboutvirtualmachinesontheservertowhichyouareconnected.
 Theoptiontoaccessthedetailspageforavirtualmachinewhereyoufind
informationaboutvirtualdevices,configurationoptions,andasummaryof
recentevents.
To log out of VI Web Access
ClicktheLogOutlinkfoundatthecornerofeverypage.Youarepromptedtoconfirm
thatyouwanttologout.
VMware Service Console
InpreviousversionsofESXServer,theserviceconsolewasoneoftheinterfacestoESX
Serverhosts.StartingwithESXServer3,manyofthecommandsaredeprecated.The
serviceconsoleistypicallyusedonlyinconjunctionwithaVMwaretechnicalsupport
representative.
ESXServer3idoesnothavea
serviceconsole.Someserviceconsolecommandsare
availableforESXServer3ithroughtheremotecommand‐lineinterface.
TheVMwareInfrastructureSDKisusedforscriptedmanipulationofyourVMware
Infrastructureinstead.TheVMwareInfrastructureClientistheprimaryinterfacetoall
non‐scriptedactivities,includingconfiguring,monitoring,andmanaging
yourvirtual
machinesandresources.
Using DHCP for the Service Console
TherecommendedsetupistousestaticIPaddressesfortheserviceconsoleofanESX
Server3host.YoucansetuptheserviceconsoletouseDHCP,ifyourDNSserveris
capableofmappingtheserviceconsole’shostnametothedynamicallygeneratedIP
address.
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OTEIfyouareusinganyremoteclientdevicesthroughVI WebAccess,theyare
disconnectedwhenyoulogout.