Cisco Cisco Prime Access Registrar Jumpstart 6.1 Installation Guide
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At this point, ESXi listens on the IP address that you configured.
Step 12
Use a browser to connect to the IP address configured for ESXi.
A window displaying VMware ESXi 5.1 Welcome appears if you are successful.
Note
If a warning message about an untrusted SSL certificate appears, select the appropriate action based on your
security policy.
security policy.
Step 13
If you already have downloaded VMware vSphere and have it available, go to
.
If you have not downloaded VMware vSphere, ensure that you are connecting to the Jumpstart from a system running
with Microsoft Windows.
with Microsoft Windows.
If the system on which the browser is running is connected to the Internet, you can click on the Download vSphere
Client. This downloads the VMware vSphere installable on your system which you can then install.
Client. This downloads the VMware vSphere installable on your system which you can then install.
Note
The Windows machine that runs the browser needs to have access to the Internet.
If you are not connected to the Internet, go to the system that is connected to the Internet and go to the VMware website. You
have to download the vSphere client installation kit. The simplest way to get the vSphere client is to connect to the Jumpstart
with a browser running on a Windows machine which also has Internet connectivity.
have to download the vSphere client installation kit. The simplest way to get the vSphere client is to connect to the Jumpstart
with a browser running on a Windows machine which also has Internet connectivity.
After you install the vSphere client on your system, proceed to
.
Configuring Prime Access Registrar Virtual Appliance
The Prime Access Registrar Virtual Appliance is delivered as a virtual machine installed on the ESXi hypervisor. The virtual
machine name as shipped from Cisco is "CPAR611".
machine name as shipped from Cisco is "CPAR611".
Note
You can change the virtual machine name to something more descriptive, and you are encouraged to do so, although
the underlying disk storage will remain under the name originally used to deploy the Open Virtualization Format
(OVF), that is "CPAR611".
the underlying disk storage will remain under the name originally used to deploy the Open Virtualization Format
(OVF), that is "CPAR611".
To manage the virtual machine containing Prime Access Registrar, as well as manage any other virtual machines which you may
deploy on the Jumpstart, you must use the VMware vSphere client. See the procedure
deploy on the Jumpstart, you must use the VMware vSphere client. See the procedure
for instructions on how to acquire a copy of the VMware vSphere Client.
To configure the Prime Access Registrar Virtual Appliance:
Step 1
Select the virtual machine name in vSphere and right-click and open a console.
Step 2
Click the Power on button (
) on the console and click inside the window after clicking the Power on button. vSphere
captures the mouse when you click inside the console window. If you want to release the cursor, press CTRL + ALT.
Step 3
Read the end user license agreement and if you agree with the terms stated, accept the agreement. For more information
about end user license agreement, see
about end user license agreement, see
Step 4
During the initial boot of the newly deployed machine, you will be prompted to enter a root (system) password, which
is not the Prime Access Registrar password.
is not the Prime Access Registrar password.
Note
This is the root password for the underlying RHEL 6.2 operating system on which the Prime Access Registrar
application is installed. You will be asked to enter this password twice. You will need root access to the underlying
RHEL 6.2 operating system later on, so make sure that you remember this password.
application is installed. You will be asked to enter this password twice. You will need root access to the underlying
RHEL 6.2 operating system later on, so make sure that you remember this password.