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Create a Security Banner for the Direct Console
A security banner is a message that is displayed on the direct console Welcome screen.
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Client, connect to the vCenter Server.
2 Select the host in the inventory.
3 Click the Configure tab.
4 Under System, select Advanced System Settings.
5 Select Annotations.WelcomeMessage.
6 Click the Edit icon.
7 Enter a security message.
Results
The message is displayed on the direct console Welcome screen.
Redirecting the Direct Console to a Serial Port
To manage your ESXi host remotely from a serial console, you can redirect the direct console to a
serial port.
vSphere supports the VT100 terminal type and the PuTTy terminal emulator to view the direct
console over the serial port.
You can redirect the direct console to a serial port in several ways.
n Redirect the Direct Console to a Serial Port by Setting the Boot Options Manually
When you redirect the direct console to a serial port by setting the boot options, the change
does not persist for subsequent boots.
n Redirect the Direct Console to a Serial Port from the vSphere Client
You can manage the ESXi host remotely from a console that is connected to the serial port
by redirecting the direct console to either of the serial ports com1 or com2. When you use
the vSphere Client to redirect the direct console to a serial port, the boot option that you set
persists after subsequent reboots.
n Redirect the Direct Console to a Serial Port in a Host Deployed with Auto Deploy
After you redirect the direct console to a serial port, you can make that setting part of the
host profile that persists when you reprovision the host with Auto Deploy.
Redirect the Direct Console to a Serial Port by Setting the Boot Options Manually
When you redirect the direct console to a serial port by setting the boot options, the change does
not persist for subsequent boots.
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