After you have successfully installed the ISO image and connected the physical appliance to the Cloud Services Portal, the appliance will automatically enter the Awaiting Approval state. You will be able to log in to the Cloud Services Portal and approve or deny the attempt to connect to the host. During the approval process, which takes up to 30 minutes, the appliance’s status will appear in the panel under Platform Management and will change from Awaiting Approval to Pending, then to Review Details, and then to Online. The change in status is an indication that the approval process is progressing properly.
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The approval process might take up to 30 minutes to complete. You can view the change of status in the panel on the right, under Platform Management. The Status field changes based on the current status of the approval process. For more information, see Viewing Host Status.