Activate Normal Lockdown Mode on the ESXi Hosts

You activate normal lockdown mode on the ESXi hosts.
  1. In a Web browser, log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.​
    Setting
    Value
    URL
    https:/
    /vcenter-server-fqdn
    /ui​​​
    User name​
    administrator@vsphere.local​​
  2. VMW-ESXI-00031
    Activate normal lockdown mode on a host.
    1. In the
      Hosts and clusters
      inventory, select an ESXi host.
    2. Click
      Configure
      .
    3. Under
      System
      , select
      Security profile
      .
    4. In the
      Lockdown mode
      panel, click
      Edit
      .
    5. In the
      Lockdown mode
      dialog box, select the
      Normal
      or
      Strict
      radio button and click
      OK
      .
      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.
  3. Repeat the procedure for all ESXi hosts in all workload domains.