ESXi Embedded Host Client 8

VMware Keeps updating the ESXi Embedded Host Client fling, and it's now in version 1.3 (fling 8). Here are the change log for version 1.1 and 1.3:

Version 1.3.0 build 3841871 (Fling 8)

• General
  
   
  
  • Table/grid filtering search and pattern highlighting
    
  • Most tables now offer right click support in all columns
    
  • Automatically fix the proxy configuration when it finds the conflicting /ui endpoint
    
  • Automatically fix a missing /ticket proxy endpoint
    
  • Better handling of shrunk consoles when screen width is small and/or there are many shrunk consoles
    
  • Fixes for Login page welcome message
    
    • JSON Parse error has been fixed
      
    • Support for {ignore}{/ignore} directives in /etc/vmware/welcome to hide some sections from Host Client but still display them on DCUI
      
    • Support for {accept}Message beside checkbox{/accept} to allow administrators to enforce acceptance of some terms before allowing users to login. This should be added to /etc/vmware/welcome. To add a message which will be shown if users do not check the checkbox, put {mustaccept}Message to users{/mustaccept} in /etc/vmware/welcome
      
  • Performance monitoring UIs for Host and VM
    
    • Filter/search input for filtering series
      
    • Remove row selection in the series grid to filter series
      
    • Remove the CPU filter dropdown on the Host performance UI
      
    • Set performance charts to use monotone interpolation for smoother lines
      
• Host
  
  • Support for VSAN maintenance mode options
    
  • Advanced config UI behaves much better when options are changed (table is not reset, scroll position kept)
    
  • Sensors monitoring UI has been given some love
    
• Virtual Machines
  
  • Support for adding Sound controllers in VM settings
    
  • Better validation on adding serial ports in VM settings
    
  • Better UI for modifying VM advanced settings
    
  • Fixed some issues when using Host Client against ESXi 5.0 when editing VMs
    
  • Support for adding/removing USB passthrough devices. Currently it's not possible to remove a USB passthrough device when the VM is powered off or suspended, only when powered on.
    
  • Disk and network charts have been added to the VM performance monitoring UI
    
  • Deploying OVA VM images now has no size restrictions and much better browser performance and support
    
  • More options to send keys to guest using Actions menu (function keys, Ctrl-c)
    
  • Access to limited Actions menu when console is in full-screen mode
    
  • Download VMRC directly from the ESXi host if you install the VMware-Remote-Console VIBs that are available as downloads from this site. Otherwise the original behavior sending the user to VMware.com remains unchanged.
    
  • Fixed a bug where loading a VM summary page may prompt for a password
    
  • Fixed a bug where console may appear fuzzy due to scaling factor
    
  • Experimental Portuguese keyboard support
    
  • Auto-expand VM summary network stack when IP information is available
    
• Storage
  
  • Support for configuring software iSCSI
    
    • Enable/disable
      
    • Authentication settings
      
    • Advanced configuration
      
    • Add/remove port bindings
      
    • Add/remove static targets
      
    • Add/remove dynamic targets
      
  • Device status (including iSCSI error conditions) are displayed more prominently (with an icon) in the Devices table
    
• Networking
  
  • Ability to change MTU for VMkernel Interfaces
    
  • Improved handling of firewall rule updates
    
  • Fixed a bug editing VMkernel interfaces on ESXi 5.5
    

Version 1.1.0 build 3731936 (Fling 7)

• General
  
  • Show /etc/vmware/welcome (Annotations.WelcomeMessage) as a pre-login message on the login page
    
  • Show /etc/motd (Config.Etc.Motd) as an app-level notification after login
    
  • ANSI escape sequence parsing in notifications (mostly for MOTD)
    
  • Double click on resize handle to make grid maximum height
    
  • Improved scroll bar behavior in grids
    
  • Ignore Backspace presses when a wizard or dialog is open and a text input is not focused (this stops the browser from navigating back in history under the dialog or wizard)
    
  • Actions menu is now available in consoles opened in separate windows and tabs
    
  • Ability to disable visual effects from settings menu
    
  • Ability to show entire inventory from settings menu
    
  • Press escape to clear app-level notifications
    
  • Add auto-refresh support for Host and VM log viewer
    
  • Support pressing Escape key to clear validation messages in dialogs and wizards
    
  • Host and VM log viewer will auto-scroll to the bottom of the log on load
    
  • Improved the performance chart tooltips
    
• Virtual Machines
  
  • Keyboard layout menu now in browser console title bar
    
  • VM create/reconfig/ops working with ESXi 5.1
    
  • More optimizations to VM list
    
  • Fix a bug related to disk ordering in the OVA/OVF deploy wizard
    
  • Fix a bug with OVA deploy for Safari
    
  • Fixed a bug where you could not add a new disk to an existing VM on a different datastore
    
• Storage
  
  • Visual improvements to datastore browser
    

If can be found here: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/esxi-embedded-host-client