ESXi (ESX 3i) Enable SSH ESXi 3.5 does ship with the ability to run SSH, but this is disabled by default (and is not supported). If you just need to access the console of ESXi, then you only need to perform steps 1 - 3.1) At the console of the ESXi host, press ALT-F1 to access the console window.2) Enter unsupported in the console and then press Enter. You will not see the text you type in.3) If you typed in unsupported correctly, you will see the Tech Support Mode warning and a password prompt. Enter the password for the root login.4) You should then see the prompt of ~ #. Edit the file inetd.conf (enter the command vi /etc/inetd.conf).5) Find the line that begins with #ssh and remove the #. Then save the file. If you're new to using vi, then move the cursor down to... in Esxiwith 3.5abilitydisabledesxirunshipsshsupportedby 2 users
PuTTY Download Page Here are the PuTTY files themselves: PuTTY (the Telnet and SSH client itself) PSCP (an SCP client, i.e. command-line secure file copy) PSFTP (an SFTP client, i.e. general file transfer sessions much like FTP) PuTTYtel (a Telnet-only client) Plink (a command-line interface to the PuTTY back ends) Pageant (an SSH authentication agent for PuTTY, PSCP and Plink) PuTTYgen (an RSA and DSA key generation utility). in Public bookmarkswith clientfilesi.epscpputtysshtelnetby 13 users