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Chapter 8 Setting Up ESXi 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 Web Client, connect to the vCenter Server. 2 Select the host in the inventory. 3 Click the Manage tab. 4 Click Settings. 5 Under System, select Advanced System Settings. 6 Select Annotations. 7 Click the Edit icon. 8 Enter a security message. 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 on page 249 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 Web Client on page 250 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 Web 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 on page 250 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. Prerequisites Verify that the serial port is not in use for serial logging and debugging. Procedure 1 Start the host. 2 When the Loading VMware Hypervisor window appears, press Shift+O to edit boot options. VMware, Inc. 249

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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 Web Client, connect to the vCenter Server.
2
Select the host in the inventory.
3
Click the
Manage
tab.
4
Click
Settings
.
5
Under System, select
Advanced System Settings
.
6
Select
Annotations
.
7
Click the Edit icon.
8
Enter a security message.
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
on page 249
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 Web Client
on page 250
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 Web 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
on page 250
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.
Prerequisites
Verify that the serial port is not in use for serial logging and debugging.
Procedure
1
Start the host.
2
When the Loading VMware Hypervisor window appears, press Shift+O to edit boot options.
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