ESXi 3.5 does ship with the ability to run SSH, but this is disabled by default (and is not supported). If you just need to access the console of ESXi, then you only need to perform steps 1 – 3. At the console of the ESXi host, press ALT-F1 to access the console window.Enter unsupported in the console and then press Enter. You will not see the text you type in.If you typed in unsupported correctly