Starting the VMware Virtual Appliance
When you are ready to start the virtual appliance for the first time, Power it on. The Virtual Appliance boots, and displays a login prompt on the VMware console. At this point, you can login with the default username admin and password exinda.
If the first NIC is connected to a network that provides addresses using DHCPDynamic Host Configuration Protocol, the Virtual Appliance should have picked up an IPInternet protocol address. On the Virtual Appliance summary screen, VMware tools should display the IP address that the Virtual Appliance has obtained.
NOTE
The VMware Tools state 'Unmanaged' is normal. This simply means that VMware Tools are installed and running, but are managed by the guest (the Exinda Virtual Appliance) rather than the host.
If the first NIC is not able to obtain an address using DHCP, you'll need to use the VMware console to enter the following CLICommnad line interface commands to set a static IP address.
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# conf t
(config) # interface eth0 ip address <ip> <netmask>
(config) # ip default-gateway <default gateway>
(config) # ip name-server <dns server>
Once you have determined the IP address or set a static IP address, you can access the web-based user interface by navigating to https://<ip address>.
Related Topics
At this point, the following tasks should be completed before using the Virtual Appliance: