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If you find that you can't connect to ESXi server using SSH / SCP and get a connection timed out error but SSH is enabled on the host You should check the firewall It appears that SSH Server is enabled, however if you click the Firewall button you see that only certain IP addresses are allowed

If you're running the Windows Server 2016 evaluation edition you may wish to proceed to upgrade the installation to a paid-for version. However when you try to do this you may see an error when you enter the key This Windows image cannot upgrade to the edition of Windows that was specified. The upgrade cannot proceed. The best way to upgrade is to use the DISM command as follows DISM /online /Get-TargetEditions And then use the edition in the following command DISM /online /Set-Edition: ServerStandard /ProductKey:XXXXXXX /AcceptEula