| 1 | <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="gui-tools-global">
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| 4 | <title>Global Tools</title>
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| 5 | <!--This topic needs turned around to be global config tasks.-->
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| 6 | <body>
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| 7 | <p>In the left pane of the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> window, click the <b outputclass="bold"
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| 8 | >Menu</b> icon in the <b outputclass="bold">Tools</b> banner located above the machine list. The <b
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| 9 | outputclass="bold">Global Tools</b> menu is displayed. </p>
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| 10 | <p>A drop-down list enables you to select from the following global tools: </p>
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| 11 | <ul>
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| 12 | <li>
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| 13 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Welcome.</b> Displays the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> welcome
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| 14 | message. The <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> toolbar is also included, to enable you to get
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| 15 | started with using <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. </p>
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| 16 | </li>
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| 17 | <li>
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| 18 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Extensions.</b> Displays the <b outputclass="bold">Extension Pack Manager</b> tool.
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| 19 | This tool is used to install and uninstall <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-ext"/>s. See <xref
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| 20 | href="install-ext-pack-manager.dita#install-ext-pack-manager"/>. </p>
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| 21 | </li>
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| 22 | <li>
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| 23 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Media.</b> Displays the <b outputclass="bold">Virtual Media Manager</b> tool. This tool
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| 24 | is used to manage the disk images used by <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. See <xref
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| 25 | href="virtual-media-manager.dita#virtual-media-manager"/>. </p>
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| 26 | </li>
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| 27 | <li>
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| 28 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Network.</b> Displays the <b outputclass="bold">Network Manager</b> tool. This tool is
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| 29 | used to create and configure some types of networks used by <ph
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| 30 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. See <xref href="network-manager.dita#network-manager"/>. </p>
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| 31 | </li>
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| 32 | <li>
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| 33 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Cloud.</b> Displays the <b outputclass="bold">Cloud Profile Editor</b> tool. This tool
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| 34 | is used to configure connections to a cloud service, such as <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>. See
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| 35 | <xref href="cloud-using-cloud-profile-manager.dita#cloud-using-cloud-profile-manager"/>. </p>
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| 36 | </li>
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| 37 | <li>
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| 38 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Activities.</b> Displays the
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| 39 | <b outputclass="bold">VM Activity Overview</b>
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| 40 | tool. This tool is used to monitor performance and
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| 41 | resource usage of virtual machines. See
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| 42 | <xref href="vm-info.dita#vm-info"/>.
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| 43 | </p>
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| 44 | </li>
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| 45 | </ul>
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| 46 | <p>The <b outputclass="bold">Pin</b> icon is used to keep the <b outputclass="bold">Tools</b> banner visible as you
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| 47 | scroll down the entries in the machine list. </p>
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| 48 | <note>
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| 49 | <p>The available tools may vary, depending on the selected experience level for the <ph
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| 50 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> user interface.</p>
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| 51 | <p>See <xref href="ui-experience-level.dita#gui-experience-level"/>.</p>
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| 52 | </note>
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| 53 | </body>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | </topic>
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