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• Create an SSH key pair on the management node (or use a key you previously created):

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  ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/vcl/vcl.key -N '' -b 1024 -C 'VCL root account'

• Log into the ESX host via SSH (password authentication should work) and create the directory:

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  ssh -o Batchmode=no vcl-esxi01 'mkdir /.ssh'

• Copy the public key to the ESXi host:

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  scp -o Batchmode=no /etc/vcl/winxp_bladevcl.key.pub vcl-esxi01:/.ssh/authorized_keys

• Test making an SSH connection using the key:

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  ssh -i /etc/vcl/vcl.key vcl-esxi01

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