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Client from another computer, go to the following address: https://<server.domain
.com>:9443/vsphere-client.
For our vSphere Web Client, this address is https://vc.lab.local.9443/vsphere-client.
When you connect to a vCenter Server instance with the vSphere Web Client, you may
receive a security warning message that will be slightly different depending on which web
browser you are using. This security warning appears because the vSphere Web Client uses
HTTP over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS) to connect to vCenter Server while the vCenter Server
is using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certii cate from an “untrusted” source.
To correct this error, you have the following two options:
You can choose the Do Not Prompt for Security Warnings option (again, the option
depends on your browser). This option tells your browser to ig nore that there's an
untrusted certii cate.
You can install your own SSL certii cate from a trusted certii cation authority on the vCen-
ter Server. This is certainly recommended, and we will step you through this process in
Chapter 8 when we discuss more around security.
After the vSphere Web Client connects and authenticates to the vSphere Web Client, you will
notice a Getting Started tab that explains the different sections of the user interface. Closing this
reveals the home screen, which is the starting point for the vSphere Web Client.
Removing the Getting Started Pages
If you prefer not to see the Getting Started pages in the vSphere Client, you can turn them off
either individually or all at once. Individually, you can simply click the close button at the top right
of each one. To turn them all off at once, from the vSphere Web Client Help menu, select Hide All
Getting Started Pages.
What's in the vSphere Web Client Home Screen?
So far, you've seen only the Hosts And Clusters inventory view within the traditional vSphere
Client, but it's very similar in the Web Client. The Hosts And Clusters view is where you man-
age ESXi hosts, clusters, and VMs. Hosts and VMs you already understand; clusters we'll dis-
cuss later in this chapter in the section “Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory.” To
see the rest of what vCenter Server has to offer, if you're not already there, click the house icon
on the top of the browser next to the VMware vSphere Web Client name.
As shown in Figure 3.16, the interface is divided into three main areas and there is a search
bar in the upper-right corner.
Navigator (1) The leftmost column is used for showing inventory and for navigation. It is
the primary item selection tool.
Content Area (2) Once an item is selected, the larger middle column shows the content or
coni guration options for that item.
 
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