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Using the status monitor – VMware GSX 3 User Manual

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VMware GSX Server Administration Guide

The Login page contains fields for your user name and password.

It also contains a menu so you can download installation packages for the VMware
Virtual Machine Console. To download a package, see

Downloading the VMware

Virtual Machine Console on page 111

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On the Login page, enter your user name and password for the host machine, then
click Log In. The Status Monitor page appears. For information about the Status
Monitor page, see

Using the Status Monitor on page 132

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Using the Status Monitor

The Status Monitor page contains a high-level view of the GSX Server host including a
host system summary and list of all virtual machines known to the host that you have
sufficient permissions to see.

Viewing Summary Information about the GSX Server Host System
Under System Summary, you can view:

The number of processors on the GSX Server host, including the average
percentage of processor power used by virtual machines, other processes on the
host and the total being used by the whole system for the previous minute.