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title: "Displaying Block Host Properties"
slug: "displaying-block-host-properties"
tags: ["5.4"]
updated: 2026-10-28T01:53:57Z
published: 2026-10-28T01:53:57Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/displaying-block-host-properties"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Displaying Block Host Properties

- [Displaying Block Host Properties in the VAST Web UI](/docs-5-4/docs/en/displaying-block-host-properties#displaying-block-host-properties-in-thevast-web-ui)
- [Displaying Block Host Properties in the VAST CLI](/docs-5-4/docs/en/displaying-block-host-properties#displaying-block-host-properties-in-thevast-cli)

## Displaying Block Host Properties in the VAST Web UI

The Hosts tab on the Element Store page can display the following property columns for each block host added to the cluster.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> The Volumes and Hosts tabs appear only when there is at least one block-enabled view configured on the cluster.

> [!NOTE]
> Note
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> Not all columns are displayed by default. To adjust the selection of columns, click ![choose_columns_to_display.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/89b91113-5dc6-49db-86ec-57b16dc8ce56/Images/Documentation/img-34a20117ea496ff69bfad3322aaf2590(8).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-08T09%3A37%3A30Z&se=2026-11-08T10%3A37%3A30Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=dGCn%2Bi0DxpvLaav%2F7ijUTiBXeCsqPTy9N6xsOBLNlZU%3D).

| ID | The VMS ID of the host. Use this ID to reference the host when running CLI commands. |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The name of the host. |
| Tags | Any tags assigned to the host, if applicable. |
| NQN | The host's NVMe Qualified Name (NQN), a unique identifier used to identify the host in NVMe interactions. |
| Tenant | The tenant to which the host belongs. |
| Assigned Volumes | The volumes to which the host is assigned. These volumes are available to the host when the host connects to the subsystem and searches volumes. |
| Connectivity Type | The type of connectivity used by the host to connect to the subsystem. This is *TCP* for all block hosts in this version. |

## Displaying Block Host Properties in the VAST CLI

To list block hosts: [blockhost list](/docs-5-4/docs/en/blockhost-list)

To display properties of a specific block host: [blockhost show](/docs-5-4/docs/en/blockhost-show)