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Table 3‑3. Host Profile Options that Prompt for Security User Input
Information to Request User Input For Setting the Host Profile Option
Administrator password for ESXi host when the host boots for the
first time.
1 Select Edit Host Profile, and click Security and Services.
2 click Security Settings and click Security configuration.
3 In the right panel, select User Input Password to be Used
to Configure Administrator Password from the
Administrator password drop-down menu.
Preconfigures a user for the ESXi host but prompts for the
password for that user on each host when the host boots for the
first time.
You can perform this task only if a user configuration already
exists. Configure the user by selecting one of the options.
n
Assigned fixed user configurations is available for
compatibility with ESX/ESXi 4.1 system, this option displays
the password in the clear.
n
Assign advanced fixed user configurations is for users
of ESXi 5.0 and later systems.
n
Specify the user configuration in the profile but prompt
for password during host configuration allows you to
specify the information about the user but prompt for a
password on each host.
Prompt the user for credentials when the host joins the Active
Directory domain.
1 Set the Authentication configuration profile to use a fixed
domain.
a Select Edit Host Profile, click Security and Services.
b Click Security Settings, and click Authentication
configuration.
c Click Active Directory configuration.
d In the Domain Name drop-down menu, select
Configure a fixed domain name.
2 Set the method for joining the domain to prompt the user.
a Select Edit Host Profile, click Security and Services
and click Authentication configuration.
b Click Active Directory configuration.
c In the Join Domain Method drop-down menu, select
Use user specified AD credentials to join the host
to domain.
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