Winpower for VMware ESXi via USB/RS232 (paid version)
1 Over viewer ............................................................................................................................ 2
1.1 Topological structure ....................................................................................................... 2
1.2 Shutdown Sequence ........................................................................................................ 3
2 Configuring for critical guest OS(only need to be done for case1) ........................................ 4
2.1 USB Communication ........................................................................................................ 4
2.1.1 Earlier than ESXi 6.5:................................................................................................. 4
2.1.2 Later than ESXi 6.5: ................................................................................................... 5
2.2 RS232 Communication .................................................................................................... 7
2.2.1 Earlier than ESXi 6.5:................................................................................................. 7
2.2.2 Later than ESXi 6.5: ................................................................................................... 7
2.3 USB TO RS232 Communication ....................................................................................... 9
2.3.1 Earlier than ESXi 6.5:................................................................................................. 9
2.3.2 Later than ESXi 6.5: ................................................................................................. 10
3 Configuring for Winpower .................................................................................................... 12
3.1 Winpower installation ................................................................................................... 12
3.1.1 Winpower installation on Windows OS .................................................................. 12
3.1.2 Winpower installation on Linux OS ........................................................................ 12
3.2 Winpower start .............................................................................................................. 12
3.2.1 Winpower start on windows OS ............................................................................. 12
3.2.2 Winpower start on Linux OS ................................................................................... 12
3.3 Winpower communication ............................................................................................ 13
3.3.1 RS232 or USB .......................................................................................................... 13
3.3.2 USB TO RS232 ......................................................................................................... 14
3.4 Set the shutdown condition .......................................................................................... 14
3.5 Add the ESXi hosts ......................................................................................................... 15
