Vmware Host Client; Vmware Vsphere Client For Windows; Vmware Vsphere Web Client - HP Converged Architecture 700 Deployment Manual

VMware Host Client

• If the switch has not been configured yet, there is no user name and password.
• If the switch has been configured, the admin password should be <<net_switch_admin_password>>.
5 If the switch has been configured and you want to connect through SSH, open an SSH connection to the
switch by using an SSH client, such as TeraTerm, and log in with the user name admin and the password
<<net_switch_admin_password>>.
VMware Host Client
Perform the steps in this procedure to open the VMware Host Client to manage a local VMware ESXi node.
Procedure
1 Open a web browser on the management workstation and navigate to the ESXi node management IP
address; for example, <<mgmt_server_1_ip>>.
2 Accept any security warnings to continue to the website.
3 Click Open the VMware Host Client.
4 Log in with the user name root and the password <<mgmt_server_root_password>>.
5 Clear the Join CEIP checkbox and click OK.

VMware vSphere Client for Windows

Perform the steps in this procedure to download and install the vSphere Client for Windows application and
to use it to connect to VMware hosts or to vCenter.
Procedure
1 Download the client:
a Using a web browser, navigate to
http://vsphereclient.vmware.com/vsphereclient/5/1/1/2/5/0/8/VMware-viclient-all-6.0.0-5112508.exe.
b Download and install the vSphere Client for Windows.
You will later use the vSphere Web Client for administration tasks, but the thick client installed in this
step is used to ease installation.
c After you download and install the thick client, run the application.
A shortcut to the vSphere Client for Windows may have been added to the desktop.
2 Connect to a VMware host:
a In the vSphere Client application, enter the IP address or the host name for the host; for example,
<<mgmt_server_1_ip>.
b Log in with the user name root and the password <<mgmt_server_root_password>>.
c Click Login.
3 Connect to the VMware vCenter instance:
a Enter the IP address or the FQDN for vCenter; for example, <<vcenter_fqdn>>.
b Log in with the user name administrator@<<mgmt_net_domain_name>> and the password
<<vcenter_administrator_password>>.

VMware vSphere Web Client

Perform the steps in this procedure to connect to the vSphere Web Client.
Procedure
1 Using a web browser, navigate to https://<<vcenter_fqdn>>/vsphere-client.
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