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User Name Description
root Use this user name to log in to the appliance operating system and the Appliance
Management Interface.
You set the password while deploying the virtual appliance.
administrator@your_domain_name Use this user name for vCenter Single Sign-On login.
You set the password while creating the vCenter Single Sign-On domain. You create a
vCenter Single Sign-On domain during the deployment of a vCenter Server Appliance with an
embedded Platform Services Controller or the first Platform Services Controller instance in a
new vCenter Single Sign-On domain.
After you create a vCenter Single Sign-On domain, only the
administrator@your_domain_name user has the privileges required to log in to vCenter Single
Sign-On and vCenter Server.
The administrator@your_domain_name user can proceed as follows:
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Add an identity source in which additional users and groups are defined to vCenter Single
Sign-On.
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Give permissions to the users and groups.
For information about adding identity sources and giving permissions to the users and groups,
see Platform Services Controller Administration.
For information about upgrading and patching the vCenter Server Appliance and
Platform Services Controller appliance, see vSphere Upgrade.
For information about configuring the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller
appliance, see vCenter Server Appliance Configuration.
Starting with vSphere 6.5, vCenter Server supports mixed IPv4 and IPv6 environment. If you want to set
up the vCenter Server Appliance to use an IPv6 address version, use the fully qualified domain name
(FQDN) or host name of the appliance. To set up an IPv4 address, the best practice is to use the FQDN
or host name of the appliance, because the IP address can change if assigned by DHCP.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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System Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
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Preparing for Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller
Appliance
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Prerequisites for Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller Appliance
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GUI Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
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CLI Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance and Platform Services Controller Appliance
System Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance
and Platform Services Controller Appliance
You can deploy the vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller appliance on an ESXi host
5.5 or later, or on a vCenter Server instance 5.5 or later. Your system must also meet specific software
and hardware requirements.
When you use Fully Qualified Domain Names, verify that the client machine from which you are deploying
the appliance and the network on which you are deploying the appliance use the same DNS server.
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