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User Name Description
root Use this user name to log in to the appliance operating system and the vCenter
Server 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 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:
n Add an identity source in which additional users and groups are defined to
vCenter Single Sign-On.
n Give permissions to the users and groups.
For information about adding identity sources and giving permissions to the users
and groups, see vSphere Authentication .
For information about upgrading and patching the vCenter Server appliance, see vSphere
Upgrade .
For information about configuring vCenter Server, see vCenter Server Configuration .
If you want to set up vCenter Server 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:
n System Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance
n Preparing for Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance
n Prerequisites for Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance
n GUI Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance
n CLI Deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance
System Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance
You can deploy the vCenter Server appliance on an ESXi host 6.7 or later, or on a vCenter Server
instance 6.7 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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