1. Service Chaining Guide
  2. Configure PuTTY and Xming for Guest VM Access on Windows

A Configure PuTTY and Xming for Guest VM Access on Windows

For initial Guest VM configuration, you must SSH to the host E100 using an X Windows interface. On a Windows workstation, you can use PuTTY in combination with Xming for this purpose.

Configure Xming

1. After installing Xming, run the application “XLaunch”. Go through the configuration dialogue and confirm that XLaunch is configured as shown below:Display settingsSession typeAdditional parameters

2. On the final screen on the configuration dialogue, save the configuration for future use before clicking Finish:

Finish configuration

Configure PuTTY

1.After installing PuTTY, launch the application and configure as shown below.

Replace the example IP with the management IP of the host E100:Basic options

PuTTY window optionsData to send to the server

2. Expand the SSH menu in the sidebar to find X11 options. Enable X11 forwarding and set the X display location to localhost:0.0.SSH X11 forwarding

3. Open the SSH connection to the host E100 and proceed with Guest VM configuration as outlined in the "Guest VM Configuration" section.