You use the views in the System Information perspective for these main tasks:
| To: | Use this view: | 
|---|---|
| Controlling your system information session | Target Navigator | 
| Examining your target system's attributes | System Summary | 
| Watching your processes | Process Information | 
| Examining your target system's memory (inspecting virtual address space) | Memory Information | 
| Tracking heap usage | Malloc Information | 
| Examining process signals | Signal Information | 
| Getting channel information | System Blocking Graph | 
| Tracking file descriptors | Connection Information | 
| Tracking resource usage | System Resources | 
| Tracking the use of adaptive partitioning | APS View |