Monitoring the Gateway From the VMware Host Client

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You can monitor the gateway using the VMware Host Client.

Note: The ESXi hypervisor cannot be managed in a VMware vCenter.

To log in to the VMware Host Client:

1 Get the ESXi IP address from the system administrator.

2 In a browser access the VMware Host Client by entering the IP address.

3 Enter the username and password.

The user is by default root and the password is CTERA123!.

Warning: CTERA recommends changing this password.

Note: If you see a warning message when displaying the HC1200 virtual machine that the configured guest OS does not match the guest currently running, you can ignore the warning.

Unless included as a procedure in this section, all tasks in the VMware Host Client, except for monitoring, are not allowed. The following monitoring is available from the VMware Host Client:

Under Hosts > Monitor, you can monitor:

Performance tab – From the drop-down box you can select one of the following to monitor at the ESXi host level:

CPU

Memory

Network

Disk

Hardware tab – From the drop-down box you can select one of the following to monitor:

System sensors

Storage

Events tab

Tasks tab

Logs tab – Scroll to the log you want and click to see the log.

Notifications tab

Under Virtual Machines select the Monitor option under the gateway virtual machine to monitor at the virtual machine level:

Performance tab – From the drop-down box you can select one of the following to monitor:

CPU