Starting the XenServer Virtual Appliance

When you are ready to boot the Virtual Appliance for the first time, Power it on. The Virtual Appliance will boot, and when ready, will display a login prompt on the XenCenter 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 Networking screen, XenCenter should display the IP address that the Virtual Appliance has obtained.

If the first NIC is not able to obtain an address using DHCP, you'll need to use the XenCenter console to enter the following CLICommnad line interface commands to set a static IP address.

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:

• Obtain a license for this Virtual Appliance.
• Add and provision extra storage (if required).
• Add extra NICs (if required) and deploy the Virtual Appliance either in line or out-of-path.