Specifications

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Chapter 4 Using the VI Client
To hide or view recent tasks or triggered alarms
ClicktheTasksorAlarmsiconsinthestatusbar.
Panel Sections
InthebodyoftheVIClientpageisapanelsection.Inmostviews,thereisaleftanda
rightpanel:theinventorypanelandtheinformationpanel.Thesepanelscanberesized.
 Inventorypanel—DisplaysahierarchicallistofVMwareInfrastructureobjects
whentheInventoryorMapsbuttonisselectedfromthenavigationbar.
 Informationpanels—Displaylistsandcharts.Dependingonthenavigation
buttonorInventorybuttonitemselected,theinformationpanelisdividedinto
tabbedelements.
To select an object
Single‐clicktheappropriateobjectineithertheinventorypanelorontheinformation
panel.
To close or open a panel
Clickthearrowinthepanelmenubar.
Whenthepanel
ishidden,thepanelmenubarisastripalongthesideoftheVIClient
window.
To resize a panel
Clickaresizingpanelsideanddragittoanappropriatesize.