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1.3. The Power User Portal Graphical Interface

When you are logged in, the Power User Portal Graphical Interface enables you to access and monitor all the virtual resources that are available to you. The screen consists of three areas: the title bar, the navigation pane and the virtual resources frame.
The Power User Portal
Figure 1.2. The Power User Portal

The title bar (1) includes the name of the User logged in to the portal and the Sign Out button.
For Power Users, the Extended view of the User Portal displays when you log in. You can also switch to the Basic view (2), which is the default for users with basic permissions. The Basic User Portal is explained in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization User Portal Guide.
The navigation pane (3) allows you to toggle between the Virtual Machines, Templates and Resources tabs. When a tab is selected, the available virtual resources display. This example uses the Virtual Machines tab.
The management bar (4) enables you to create and make changes to virtual machines. The virtual machines or desktop pools available to you display in a list (5) which shows the virtual machine's name, operating system logo and status (running, paused or stopped).
On each virtual machine, control buttons allow you to play, stop, pause or power off a virtual machine. They perform the same functions as buttons on a media player (6).
  • The green play button starts up the virtual machine. It is available when the virtual machine is paused, stopped or powered off.
  • The red stop button stops the virtual machine. It is available when the virtual machine is running.
  • The orange pause button temporarily halts the virtual machine. To restart it, press the green play button.
  • The power button turns off the virtual machine. It is available when the virtual machine is running.
When a virtual machine is powered up, you can click on the Console (7) button to connect to it. You can select between the SPICE or RDP connection protocols.
Clicking on a virtual machine displays the statistics of the selected virtual machine on the details pane (8). Click the tabs to access them in turn.
Details Pane Tab Functions: