Using PuTTY cannot connect to the Host!!!

[pesinet]

Hello people.

I am trying to use puTTY to connect to the Host but i can't. Message said - Network error: Connection refused. Any help.

Thanks.

[pesinet]

I am using ESX 3i, sorry no ESX, we are trying it at work to see how it works. I read that the ESX 3i doesn't have a console (correct me if I am wrong, I found it over the internet) is there any substantial difference between these 2 versions when you try to connect to the console? I was thinking that this could be the problem...

[weinstein5 · Accepted solution]

In terms of virtualizing there is no real difference but how you interact with directly there is - the console, usually referred to as the Service Console is part of ESX. It is in essence a virtual machine running RHEL that is used to manage and control your ESX server. Being linux based it is allows for SSH ocnnections and it is what you connect to you use an SSH client like Putty. In ESXi the management and control functionality is part of the vmkernel which is the O/S of the ESXi server. It is no longer using RHEL so there is no SSH connection capability so Putty will not work. VMware has replaced the Service Console with Remote CLI - which gives you the functinality of the Service Console.

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