Viewing the Host Inventory in a Virtual Network
The host inventory displays a list of all the virtual machines on a host and the physical NICs that serve the virtual infrastructure.
The Manage Hosts page lists all the hosts in the infrastructure. For each host, the detailed inventory provides information about the port number of each virtual machine in the host along with its MAC address, virtual switch, and the virtual network it belongs to.
To view the host inventory:
- While in Build mode with Virtual view selected, click the Virtual Center for which you want to view the host inventory details. From the Tasks pane, click View Hosts from the Inventory menu to open the View Hosts page.
The Host Inventory table displays the host inventory details. Table 1 describes the fields in this table:
Table 1: Manage Hosts Page Field Descriptions
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Host | Name or the IP address of the host. |
Number of PNICs | Total number of physical NICs existing on the host. |
Number of VMs | Total number of virtual machines existing on the host. |
Connection State | One of the following:
|
Maintenance Mode | Indicates whether the host is in maintenance mode or not. |
Datacenter | Name of the data center on which the host resides. |
Virtual Network | Name of the virtual network on which the host resides. |
Vendor | Name of the hardware vendor of the host. |
Model | Name of the host hardware model. |
Type | Type of hypervisor. For example, ESX/ESXi, which is the hypervisor for the VMware. |
