This idea was imported from Canny. Originally created by: Hiroki Ozawa. The current owner is: Unassigned.
Refering VMware KB, when accesing to ESXi you can switch between DCUI/Console using [ALT+F1] key.
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2148363?lang=en_us
But in out-of-band console metal access to ESXi, it seems the keys don't work and only DCUI can be used.
Of course SSH connection can be used instead under normal conditions, but I assume their are possible situations in which SSH connection cannot be established, such as switch failure on the upper level of the Metal server, or incorrect NW settings put into the ESXi. In those cases out-of-band console operations are needed to check status and operate virtual machines, or recover Network.
Therefore it will be good if there is a way to execute console operations out-of-band in ESXi.
This comment was imported from Canny. Originally created by: Bob Motanagh with 0 likes.
This would be incredibly helpful, in situation where would would need to access the shell of an ESXi server and there is a lack of network connection, having shell access to correct things/troubleshoot would be necessary.
This comment was imported from Canny. Originally created by: Julio Rubio with 0 likes.
Besides de "yellow screen" in some situations is useful to access the command console (shell cli where you can launch commands like "esxcli...", "vim-cmd", etc.).