ESXi 5.5 Serial Port License?

rinoel · May 2015

Hello everyone,

Sorry if that's not the proper place for the question.

After setting-up VMware ESXi 5.5 with license I'm having problems telnetting to the VM's inside ESXi via Serial Port connection.
Does anyone have any idea if that's a license issue, Googling about the issue found out it might be a License issue, any idea?

Thanks.

Deathmage · May 2015

You need to log into the ESXi host directly and enable SSH from the DCUI. SSH is disabled by default.

Alternatively, you could enable the SSH from the vSphere Client under the Configuration > Security Settings > Properties of the Services > Click on SSH and start with the host.

joelsfood · May 2015

Have you enabled the firewall rule for serial ports?

Check about 1/4 of way down on this page

How to build CCIE v5 Lab with Cisco CSR 1000v Routers

ESXi 5.5 Serial Port License?

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