In David’s most recent article, he covers How to access the VMware ESXi hidden console. There are certain troubleshooting and special configuration commands that can only be accessed from this console. Find out how it works and what you can do in this new article.




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It seems that the hidden console is working ESXI 4.0 but 3.5 works.. Any ideas?