Preparing VMware vMA for first use

After vMA is deployed, it will need to go through a few initial configuration steps before you can begin using it. The configuration is done at the appliance's guest operating system level:

Note

The vMA appliance runs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP3 as the guest operating system.

1. Power on the vMA VM and wait for the VM to boot up and display the network configuration main menu, as shown in the following screenshot:
   
2. Enter 0 to check the current configuration and note that no information is populated yet and the appliance needs to be configured, as shown here:

3. Enter 6 to select IP Address Allocation for eth0 and supply the static configuration or choose DHCP:

4. Enter Y to confirm the configuration; this would apply the network configuration to the eth0 interface.
5. Enter 0 to validate and confirm successful configuration, as shown here:

6. Enter 1 to choose to exit the network configuration.

 

7. Set the password for the vi-admin user by keying in the default password...