Virtual Wireless Controller cli access

[Adam Hudson]

I'm setting up a virtual wireless controller using the guide provided here: http://www.labminutes.com/wlc0001_vwlc_7_3_vmware_installation

The narrator mentions your VMware being licensed for "Remote Virtual Serial Port Concentrator". I don't have a license level that supports that feature and upgrading is too costly at this point. How else can I get remote CLI access to this device? Is there some way to set up SSH access on that machine with the aforementioned technology?

Any help is appreciated.

[Adam Hudson]

After more research, it looks like that feature should have nothing to with my inability to SSH or Telnet to the managment interface. It seems like I have everything set up correctly VMware. Is there any way to troubleshoot this issue from inside the virtual appliance?

[Adam Hudson]

Attached are some of my VMware settings if that helps.

[Adam Hudson]

Changing the VLAN ID on the management interface to 0 or (all) did not solve the issue.

[Adam Hudson]

Below is the port channel settings and one of the 3 ports I'm using for my ESXi host.

interface Port-channel6
 description VMWare ESX
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan (default),(VM),(user)
 switchport mode trunk
 switchport nonegotiate

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1
 description VMware ESX
 switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
 switchport trunk allowed vlan (default),(VM),(user)
 switchport mode trunk
 switchport nonegotiate
 spanning-tree portfast trunk
 channel-group 6 mode on

Hopefully this helps someone work towards a solution for my situation.