vSpherer 8 Administration (Skillset Enhancement Series) Episode#2

ESXi host different Interfaces and their usecases.

In this skillup series, we are now talking about the other advanced options that you may need to know about DCUI options in an ESXi host like you can see as of below picture "Troubleshooting Mode options"

So you can either enable or disable local ESXi Shell or SSH shell with Shell timeout settings that you can configure in Minutes. Maximum minutes you can go for is "1440" and "0" means disabled settings.

Moreover, you can also setup DCUI idel timout in minutes as of the same frequency as mentioned above.

Otherthan above options you can go for Restart Management Agents which are locally available in all ESXi hosts locally. These Agents / Services are "Hostd" and "vpxa". But be very careful, if you are using SSH or remote shell or vCenter Server then ESXi host can be disconnected. 

Otherthan DCUI there are some more connectivity interfaces that you can use to access ESXi host either in the form of command line or through graphical user interface. Like 

1. ESXi Shell (Local command line shell)
2. SSH (Remote command line shell)
3. PowerCLI (using Powershell capability of vCSA)
4. vSphere Host Client (GUI offered by ESXi host individually)
5. vSphere Client (GUI offered by vCenter Server)

Below picture explains some of above interfaces and their connectivity easily.

Some of the points mentioned above have been explained in our demonstration in a video that you should watch to understand this topic quite easily.

Just click the below thumbnail or link below

Stay tuned for more in-depth topics and a steady way to equip yourself with vSphere 8 day-2 administration.