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 StorageAdapters–Displaysstorageadapterconfiguration,suchasdevicetype,
SANidentification,LUNidentification,path,andcapacity.TheRescan,Hide
LUNs,andPropertiesdialogboxesallowyoutoscanfornewstoragedevicesor
VMFSvolumes,hidetheLUNinformationforeachselectedstorageadapter,and
viewVMotionconfigurationstatus.
 NetworkAdapters–Displaysnetworkadapterinformation,includingdevice
type,speed,vSwitch,andnetworkidentification.
Software Tab
Thesoftwaretabdisplaysthefollowingconfigurationoptions:
 LicensedFeatures–Displaysthecurrentstatusoflicensingforthecurrently
selectedhost.Thisincludeslicensesources,licensetype,andlicensingforadd‐ons
suchasVMotionorHA.TheEditdialogboxesallowyoutospecifylicensesource,
licensetypes,andlicensingforadditionalfeatures.
 TimeConfiguration–AllowsyoutosetthetimeontheESXServerhostand
configureNTPservices.
 DNSandRouting–DisplaysDNSandroutinginformation.Thisincludeshost
nameanddomain,DNSserversconnectedtothehost,searchdomains,anddefault
gateways.ThePropertiesdialogboxallowsyoutospecifytheseidentification
items.
 VirtualMachineStartup/Shutdown–Displaysalistofvirtualmachinesonthe
hostandtheirstartuporshutdownstatus.ThePropertiesdialogboxallowsyouto
configurewhentopoweronandpoweroffeachresidentvirtualmachine.Options
includestartingorstoppingatselectedtimesrelativetothehostpowering
offor
poweringon.
 VirtualMachineSwapfileLocation–Allowsyoutoselectthedefaultswapfile
locationforvirtualmachineslocatedonthishost.Youcanchoosetostorevirtual
machineswapfileswiththeothervirtualmachinefiles,ortoplacetheswapfileson
aseparatedatastore.Youcanoverridethisdefaultsettingforindividual
virtual
machinesbyeditingthevirtualmachinesettings.See“ChangingVirtualMachine
Options”onpage 186.
 SecurityProfile–Displaysthefirewallinformationforincomingandoutgoing
connections.ThePropertiesdialogboxallowsyoutodefineremoteaccess
conditions.ThisincludesSecureShell,SNMP,andseveralassociatedclients,
servers,andagentincomingandoutgoingcommunicationportsandprotocols.
MostservicesarenotavailableonESXServer3i
hosts.