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# Manage servers

The **Servers** view displays system information to monitor and manage servers. The statuses indicate server availability: **connected** or **connection lost**.

## Server Status

The actions available are dependent on the installation type, server type and the user role.

* Administrators can click the Delete  button to remove a server that is no longer in use in the system.

* You can use the Reboot  button to restart the server by clicking Yes at the displayed Are you sure? confirmation message.

* Click the Details  button to display the server information (Display server information (system)).

* Click the Stats  button to view server statistics, such as CPU, memory, disk usage, and network statistics.

* Click the Support package  button to generate a support package.

* If the connection is lost when the server is in a failover group then check if failover occurred.

* You can also check alarms or alarm history to investigate possible causes.

* You can also check server information for IP configurations.

## Server processing types

Additional processing types are available from the **Servers** page.

| Processing type | Required Software                                                                                                                                                                |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Controller      | Controller provides a centralized configuration and control interface, manages failover for Live Encoder, and offers a flexible licensing management for MediaKind applications. |
| Arbiter         | A server which is fulfilling the role of the database arbiter.                                                                                                                   |

## Display servers

Servers are listed in a table. You can view server settings and usage statistics per server.

* Click Servers from the left-side menu. The table of servers displays.

* Edit the number of rows displayed or use the search bar to filter the display.

## Display server information (system)

Check server functions and performance to manage server and service allocation, or to view license information. System settings and information displays for each server.

* Click Servers on the left-side menu.

* Click  in the Actions column to view server information. Information based on the server type displays.

* Click the tabs to display server information.

General

* System Settings

* Statistics