# Performing tasks on the virtual machine local console
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For a File Gateway deployed on-premises, you can perform the following maintenance tasks using the VM host's local console. These tasks are common to VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisors.

**Topics**
+ [Logging in to the File Gateway local console](LocalConsole-login-fgw.md) - Learn how to login to the local console where you can configure gateway network settings and change the default password.
+ [Configuring an HTTP proxy](MaintenanceRoutingProxy-fgw.md) - Learn how to configure Storage Gateway to route all Amazon endpoint traffic through a proxy server.
+ [Configuring your gateway network settings](MaintenanceConfiguringStaticIP-fgw.md) - Learn how to configure your gateway to use DHCP or a static IP address.
+ [Testing your gateway's network connectivity](MaintenanceTestGatewayConnectivity-fgw.md) - Learn how to use the gateway local console to test network connectivity.
+ [Viewing your gateway system resource status](system-resource-check-fgw.md) - Learn how to check your gateway's virtual CPU cores, root volume size, and RAM.
+ [Configuring a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server for your gateway](MaintenanceTimeSync-fgw.md) - Learn how to view and edit Network Time Protocol (NTP) server configurations and synchronize the time on your gateway with your hypervisor host.
+ [Running Storage Gateway commands on the local console](MaintenanceGatewayConsole-fgw.md) - Learn how to run local console commands to perform tasks such as saving routing tables, connecting to Amazon Web Services Support, and more.