Load the appropriate InCenter virtual machine image into a virtual environment to create a new virtual machine.

The virtual machine will have one virtual Ethernet interface. Make sure that DHCP is enabled in the virtual environment for that interface so that it can automatically be assigned an IP address.

Start the virtual machine.

The virtual machine console will show the initialization of the base host operating system followed by the initialization of the InCenter server. When this is complete, the console will show the host operation system command prompt. Note that the InCenter system CLI is not accessible through the host operating console. It can only be accessed using SSH.

Should access to the host operating system be required through the virtual machine console, the default username administrator and password administrator should be used.

The IPv4 address assigned to the virtual machine's interface will appear in the virtual machine's console, usually in the login prompt. Make a note of this IP address. This will be used for both administrator login to InCenter as well as the underlying host operating system. It is not necessary to log into the virtual machine in order to use InCenter.

Connect the Ethernet interface of a separate management computer to the virtual Ethernet interface of the virtual machine. This can be done across a local network.

The administrator can now connect to the InCenter CLI using a Secure Shell (SSH) client. This requires the management IP address noted earlier from the virtual machine console (described above). The port used will be the standard SSH port number of 22 (this number cannot be changed).

Alternatively, connection can be made through a standard web browser over HTTPS to the management IP address using port 443.

The following default credentials are used for logging into InCenter:

The default password should be changed by the administrator at the earliest opportunity to increase security.