Viewing the Virtual Machine Inventory in a Virtual Network
You may be having one or more virtual machines configured on a host machine. Once you have discovered a VMware vCenter in Network Director, the hosts, virtual machines and virtual switches also come under the Network Director management. You can use the View virtual machine inventory task to view details of virtual machines.
You can also view the network connectivity of a virtual machine with the host, virtual switch and physical switch from this page.
To view the virtual machine Inventory:
- While in Build mode with Virtual view selected, do one
of the following:
- Click Inventory > View Virtual Machine from the Tasks pane to view details of all the virtual machines in your virtual network.
- Select a host from the Virtual view and click Inventory > View Virtual Machine from the Tasks pane to view details of the virtual machines that belong to the selected host.
- The Virtual Machine Inventory table displays the details
for all the virtual machines. Table 1 describes the fields
in this table:
Table 1: Manage Virtual Machines Page Field Descriptions
Field
Description
Name
Name assigned to the virtual machine.
Host
Name of the host on which the virtual machine is running.
This field is not available if you access the View Virtual Machine page for a specific host.
Virtual Network
Name of the virtual network to which the host belongs.
Guest Operating System
The operating system that is installed and running on the virtual machine.
IP Address
IP address of the virtual machine
MAC Address
The MAC address of the virtual machine.
Connection Status
The connection status of the virtual machine.
Power Status
Indicates if the virtual machine is powered on or off.
- To view the network connectivity of a virtual machine,
select the virtual machine and click Show Network Connectivity.
The Network Connectivity page opens displaying the network connectivity and VLAN associations for the selected virtual machine. For more details, see Viewing Connections Between Virtual Machines and a Physical Switch.
