10 1. VMware ESXi Architecture 1.2Examining the ESXi Components o Finally, each ESXi host also has a single process running called hostd Hostd is a proxy service for the VMkernel All graphical and command-line interface( CLI)and application programming interface(AP) calls are routed to the appropriate VMX or kernel process through hostd o These might come from the vSphere Host client, a PowerCLI instruction, or Center Server itself All instructions reach the VMkernel through hostd 河南中医药大学/阮晓龙/13938213680/htp/cloudxg.hactcm.edu.cn/http:/www5ucwebcn