Activate Normal Lockdown Mode on the ESXi Hosts
You activate normal lockdown mode on the ESXi hosts.
- In a Web browser, log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.SettingValueURLhttps://vcenter-server-fqdn/uiUser nameadministrator@vsphere.local
- VMW-ESXI-00031Activate normal lockdown mode on a host.
- In theHosts and clustersinventory, select an ESXi host.
- ClickConfigure.
- UnderSystem, selectSecurity profile.
- In theLockdown modepanel, clickEdit.
- In theLockdown modedialog box, select theNormalorStrictradio button and clickOK.In strict lockdown mode, the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) service is stopped. If the connection to vCenter Server is lost and the vSphere Client is no longer available, the ESXi host becomes inaccessible.
- Repeat the procedure for all ESXi hosts in all workload domains.