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Below that the load averages over the past one, five, and fifteen 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 define the order of fields displayed in interactive mode.
If you press f, F, o, or O, the system displays a page that specifies the field order on the top line and short
descriptions of the field contents. If the letter in the field string corresponding to a field is uppercase, the
field is displayed. An asterisk in front of the field description indicates whether a field is displayed.
The order of the fields corresponds to the order of the letters in the string.
From the Field Select panel, you can:
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Toggle the display of a field by pressing the corresponding letter.
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Move a field to the left by pressing the corresponding uppercase letter.
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Move a field to the right by pressing the corresponding lowercase letter.
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.
Table 8‑3. Interactive Mode Single-Key Commands
Key Description
h or? Displays a help menu for the current panel, giving a brief summary of commands, and the status of secure mode.
space Immediately updates the current panel.
^L Erases and redraws the current panel.
f or F Displays a panel for adding or removing statistics columns (text boxes) to or from the current panel.
o or O Displays a panel for changing the order of statistics columns on the current panel.
# Prompts you for the number of statistics rows to display. Any value greater than 0 overrides automatic determination of
the number of rows to show, which is based on window size measurement. If you change this number in one resxtop
(or esxtop) panel, the change affects all four panels.
s Prompts you for the delay between updates, in seconds. Fractional values are recognized down to microseconds. The
default value is five seconds. The minimum value is two seconds. This command is not available in secure mode.
W Write the current setup to an esxtop (or resxtop) configuration file. This is the recommended way to write a configuration
file. The default filename is the one specified by -c option, or ~/.esxtop50rc if the -c option is not used. You can also
specify a different filename on the prompt generated by this W command.
q Quit the interactive mode.
c Switch to the CPU resource utilization panel.
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