Overview (VMware):- Below mentioned steps will provide an overview of the VMware vSphere Host Direct Console User Interface (DCUI).
- The DCUI is a menu-based interface that is accessed from the host console.
- Used to configure ESXi running on vSphere hosts.
- Once connected with vSphere host console on top we could see the information of ESXi version along with hardware details of ESXi host.
- And in bottom we could see that host name and IP address of that ESXi host.
- We could also we F2 ---Customize System/View logs and F12 shut down / Restart.
- For Login Please Press F2 and put user name and password.
- We could see list of available option like, Configure Password, Configure Lockdown Mode etc.
- We could perform ESXi host configuration using these options.