Appendix A: RemotEye II/III Client Shutdown software on
VMware ESXi 5
The following steps detail how to install and configure the Remote Shutdown Client software to work with
ESXi servers. Figure 0-1 shows an array of ESXi servers hosting a variety of Guest OS which are shut
down gracefully by the vMA Guest which is controlled by the RemotEye.
Software Needed
Toshiba Provided:
•
RemotEye II Firmware v4.10 or higher
•
RemotEye III
•
RemotEye 4 with firmware v1.00 or higher.
•
RemotEye ESXi Client Shutdown Daemon (TAR file)
Customer Provided:
•
ESXi 5 OS (Operating System) – Full or Evaluation Version (not the Free version)
•
VMware vSphere Client for Windows (Allows Windows access to ESXi)
•
vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) Operating System
•
WinSCP
•
Basic knowledge of UNIX/Linux commands
RemotEye
II/III
Toshiba
UPS 1
RemotEye
II/III
Toshiba
UPS 2
Figure 0-1 Network with RemotEye and ESXi Servers
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RemotEye Shutdown
VMA
Virtual
Guest OS1
Guest OS2
VMware ESXi Server 3
Virtual
Virtual
Guest OS2
Guest OS1
VMware ESXi Server 3
Virtual
Virtual
Guest OS2
Guest OS1
VMware ESXi Server 3
Virtual
Guest OS3
Virtual
Guest OS3
Virtual
Guest OS3
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