Change SSHD to allow root login;
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config PermitRootLogin = yes
Allow remote logon for root user, comment out the following line;
vi /etc/default/login **
#CONSOLE =/dev/login
**
rolemod -K type=normal root
Continuing on from this /2010/02/04/vsphere-and-multipathing-iscsi/
you may want to implement jumbo frames to your iSCSI backend…
Enable jumbo frames on your iSCSI target and switches then complete the following on the ESXi hosts (iSCSI initiators)…
This to list your current switch details and port group names…
esxcfg-vswitch -l
The following to allow jumbo frames onto your vswtich (insert your vSwich in following)
esxcfg-vswtich -m 9000 vSwitch0
Then create your kernel port groups that you want to use for iscsi, my commands looked like this… (repeat for each iscsi kernel port you have) – note : DO NOT ADD ANY VMKERNEL(s) from the GUI, instead use the steps below
Things you’ll need; (basic instructions) SSH - either Linux or Open SSH for windows (set this up first and ensure its working!). I have only used Linux, so i do not know the details of setting up a Open SSH box on windows (good luck).
Router with pinhole or port forwarding abilities. – forward your external 443 port to internal 22 on your SSH box
Putty.exe - use this to test your SSH connection locally (you should be able to connect on port 22 locally or 443 externally)