Specifications

Administration Guide

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When!you!use!Internet!Explorer!6.0!to!connect!to!the!management!interface,!do!not!use!

a!fully!qualified!domain!name.

Connecting to the Management Interface Without a Proxy Server

If!you!are!on!a!Windows!system!and!your!network!does!not!use!a!proxy!server,!you!

must!use!fully‐qualified!domain!names!when!connecting!to!the!management!interface!

with!Internet!Explorer!6.0.

Logging Into the VMware Management Interface

To!use!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!you!should!be!running:

! Internet!Explorer!5.5!(Internet!Explorer!6.0!or!higher!is!recommended)

! Netscape!Navigator!7.0!or!higher

! Mozilla!1.x.!or!higher

You!must!know!the!server!name!or!IP!address!of!the!server!you!want!to!manage.!You!

must!have!a!valid!user!name!and!password!on!that!server.!

You!can!connect!to!the!server!with!up!to!eight!management!interface!sessions!at!a!time.

The!URL!to!connect

!to!the!server!is!http://<hostname>.

If!you!are!using!Netscape!Navigator!or!Mozilla,!check!the!advanced!preferences!(Edit!

>!Preferences!>!Advanced)!to!make!sure!that!both!JavaScript!and!style!sheets!are!

enabled.!You!need!the!host!name!or!IP!address!of!the!server!you!want!to!monitor.!You!

should!also!ensure! that!style!sheets!are!enabled!in!your!browser,!regardless!of!which!

browser!and!version!you!are!using.

On!the!Login!page,!enter!your!user!name!and!password!for!the!host!machine,!and!click!

Using the Status Monitor

The!Status!Monitor!contains!a!high‐level!view!of!VMware!ESX!Server!including!a!

server!system!summary!and!list!of!all!registered!virtual!machines.!See!