Lab 1: Access Lab Systems

Goals:
• Log in to the online lab virtual machines
Estimated Duration:
• 15 minutes
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Objective:
Start your virtual machines and verify that your lab environment is ready to use.

Lab Information:
Use the information in the table as a guideline for the lab.

Virtual Systems PDC, NSPMGR

Files None

Login Credentials Machine IP Address Username Password

PDC 10.10.10.200 MCAFEE\jsmith mcafee123!
NSPMGR 10.10.10.207 MCAFEE\jsmith mcafee123!

Scenario In this lab, you will verify your connectivity and log in to the following virtual
machines:
• PDC – Primary Domain Controller
• NSPMGR – Network Security Manager

Refer to the above Table for network and default login credential information.
If you have any technical issues accessing your lab, bring it to the attention of
your instructor.

Refer to the task and step table for detailed instructions to complete the lab.

Task Step Instructions

1 Access Online Lab

1 1 Use web browser and connect to the McAfee Training Portal using the URL that your
instructor provided to you. Next, you should see a screen like the example below.

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Click to power up all the VMs.

Run VMs

Suspend VMs

Shut down VMs

Power options for the selected VMs

Make sure you allow pop-ups for the training page URL. Otherwise, the console screen
may not launch.

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1 2 Once the VMs have powered up, click the NSPMGR system to access it.

Note: It may take a few minutes for the virtual machine to power ON.

1 3 You should see a console of a machine as the image below. Click the arrow on the top
of the screen to pull down the toolbar for Skytap.
Note: All virtual machines will not have this same console screen.

1 4 Click Ctrl-Alt-Del.

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1 5 At the Windows login prompt, enter the password as “mcafee123!” for user John Q.
Smith. From this console screen you can begin your labs exercise.

1 6 Take a note of the options on the Skytap toolbar.

Power options Fit to Network Quality

Suspend this VM for this VM Credentials Window Indicator

Environment Shutdown Keyboard layout Clipboard Change Resolution Help

VMs this VM

Icon Label Description

Environment VMs Return to the sharing portal landing page.

Suspend this VM Suspend this VM.

Shutdown this VM Shutdown this VM.

Power options for

Suspend, Shutdown or Power Off the VM.
this VM
CTRL-ALT-DEL Send CTRL+ALT+DEL combination to the VM.
Send common keyboard shortcuts to the VM to show an on-screen
Keyboard Layout
keyboard. Change Keyboard layout.
Display usernames and passwords saved with the VM. Click Insert to
Credentials
paste the credentials to the currently selected VM window.

Clipboard Copy and paste text between your local machine and the VM

Change the VM screen resolution to fit the current browser window

Fit to Window
size.

Change Resolution Change the VM screen resolution to a list of screen resolution sizes.

Network Quality Display the quality of the browser connection to the VM or change
Indicator the display quality to improve performance.

Help Navigate Skytap help portal.

1 7 Notes:
• You may be prompted to restart the system. Please restart and log in again.
• Closing the browser tab will not shutdown the virtual machine or close the
desktop session. Click CONSOLE to re-open a new browser tab and reconnect
to the session.
• PDC - This machine hosts Domain Control, DNS, e-mail server, and some of
the reporting capabilities in the classroom. Students don’t need to connect to
this machine directly.

End of Task

End of Lab

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