Host Information

Use this panel to view or edit host information.

Edit. Click to edit information about the selected host.

You can edit the following information about the selected host:

Host name. Specifies the name of the host machine as displayed in the navigation tree. The host name is usually the fully qualified machine name, but any label is acceptable. For example, a host name could be `westcoast.example.com` or `West Coast Server`.

Description. (Optional) Contains a brief description of this host. For example, Server for the West Coast division of Example Corporation.

Location. (Optional) Specifies the physical location of this host. For example, Cube 17043 or Building 15 - Third Floor - Lab No. 1.

You can view, but not edit, the following information about the selected host:

Platform. Indicates the host machine's architecture. For example, i686.

Operating system. Indicates the operating system that this host is running as reported by uname. For example, Linux westcoast.example.com 2.6.9-55.0.9.ELsmp Tue Sep 25 02:17:24 EDT i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux.