How to shutdown or reboot the virtual appliance

Using the Appliance Management web interface:

Log in to the Appliance Management web interface using the URL:

https://vmware_appliance_ip_address:5480

Then click on the "Reboot" or "Shutdown" buttons.

Using the shell from the appliance Welcome screen:

At the Welcome screen (with blue background), select "Login". Enter the username "root" and the root password. Then at the shell prompt ("#"), enter one of the following commands:

shutdown -h 0 (shutdown the appliance)

shutdown -r 0 (reboot the appliance)