Each ESX host serves this browser interface for direct management of itself and its VMs, handy if vCenter cannot be reached.
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Terms in this definition
- ESX
VMware's bare-metal hypervisor, installed on each host in a VCF fleet. Up to version 9.0 it was known as ESXi.
- Virtual machines
Infrastructure-as-a-service compute giving complete control of the operating system, making it a fit for lift-and-shift moves and for software relying on OS-level pieces like COM.
- vCenter
Management software for VMs, clusters and ESX hosts. Each domain in VCF gets a dedicated one.
Related terms
- CEIP
A voluntary Broadcom scheme in which anonymous details of how products are configured and used are shared to help improve them. You can opt in or out from vCenter, the VMware Host Client and elsewhere.
- ESX Shell
The ESX host's local command shell, previously called the ESXi Shell. It is off by default, can be turned on from the DCUI, vSphere Client or VMware Host Client, and has its own availability and idle timeout settings.