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Table 7‑2. Interactive Mode Command-Line Options (Continued)
Option Description
server The name of the remote server host to connect to (required for resxtop only).
vihost
If you connect indirectly (through vCenter Server), this option should contain the name of the
ESXi host you connect to. If you connect directly to the ESXi host, this option is not used.
Note that the host name needs to be the same as what is displayed in the vSphere Web Client.
portnumber
The port number to connect to on the remote server. The default port is 443, and unless this is
changed on the server, this option is not needed. (resxtop only)
username
The user name to be authenticated when connecting to the remote host. The remote server
prompts you for a password, as well (resxtop only).
a
Show all statistics. This option overrides conguration le setups and shows all statistics. The
conguration le can be the default ~/.esxtop50rc conguration le or a user-dened
conguration le.
c lename
Load a user-dened conguration le. If the -c option is not used, the default conguration
lename is ~/.esxtop50rc. Create your own conguration le, specifying a dierent lename,
using the W single-key interactive command.
Common Statistics Description
Several statistics appear on the dierent panels while resxtop (or esxtop) is running in interactive mode.
These statistics are common across all four panels.
The Uptime line, found at the top of each of the four resxtop (or esxtop) panels, displays the current time,
time since last reboot, number of currently running worlds and load averages. A world is an ESXi VMkernel
schedulable entity, similar to a process or thread in other operating systems.
Below that the load averages over the past one, ve, and fteen minutes appear. Load averages consider
both running and ready-to-run worlds. A load average of 1.00 means that there is full utilization of all
physical CPUs. A load average of 2.00 means that the ESXi system might need twice as many physical CPUs
as are currently available. Similarly, a load average of 0.50 means that the physical CPUs on the ESXi system
are half utilized.
Statistics Columns and Order Pages
You can dene the order of elds displayed in interactive mode.
If you press f, F, o, or O, the system displays a page that species the eld order on the top line and short
descriptions of the eld contents. If the leer in the eld string corresponding to a eld is uppercase, the
eld is displayed. An asterisk in front of the eld description indicates whether a eld is displayed.
The order of the elds corresponds to the order of the leers in the string.
From the Field Select panel, you can:
n
Toggle the display of a eld by pressing the corresponding leer.
n
Move a eld to the left by pressing the corresponding uppercase leer.
n
Move a eld to the right by pressing the corresponding lowercase leer.
Interactive Mode Single-Key Commands
When running in interactive mode, resxtop (or esxtop) recognizes several single-key commands.
All interactive mode panels recognize the commands listed in the following table. The command to specify
the delay between updates is disabled if the s option is given on the command line. All sorting interactive
commands sort in descending order.
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