If your network is protected behind a proxy server, there are certain steps you must take in order to use the management interface in Internet Explorer 6.0 on a Windows system. Follow the steps for the appropriate Windows operating system.

1. Launch Internet Explorer 6.0.

2. Choose Tools > Internet Options, then click the Security tab.

3. Select Trusted sites, then click Sites.

4. In the Add this Web site to the zone entry field, type
https://*.<domain>
(where <domain> is your organization's domain name, such as vmware.com).

5. Click Add.

6. Click OK until you return to the browser window.

When you use Internet Explorer 6.0 to connect to the management interface, be sure to use fully qualified domain names.

Follow these steps for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows NT operating systems.

1. Launch Internet Explorer 6.0.

2. Choose Tools > Internet Options.

3. Click the Connections tab, then click LAN Settings.

4. Make sure that Bypass proxy server for local addresses is checked.

5. Click OK until you return to the browser window.

When you use Internet Explorer 6.0 to connect to the management interface, do not use fully qualified domain names.

If you are on a Windows system and your network does not use a proxy server, you must use fully-qualified domain names when connecting to the management interface with Internet Explorer 6.0.