Navigate Network page

The Reports > Navigate Network page provides an interface-oriented view of the network. It displays a wide variety of reports about traffic flow collection devices, the devices from which they are collecting flow information, and the interfaces of those devices. The main section of the page displays reports about the devices or interfaces you select in the navigation panel on the left.

If the navigation panel is not visible, double-click or click-drag the hide/display control at the far left of the main display area of the page.

The navigation panel displays expandable tree hierarchies of all devices and their interfaces known to NetProfiler. Hover the mouse pointer over a device or interface to display a message with information about it. Left-click a device to run a Host Information report. Left-click an interface to run an Interface Information report. Right-click any item in the tree for a menu of reports you can run on that item.

Use the Views box to select the interface-oriented view of the network you wish to investigate. The default network views include:

  • WAN - shows optimized and non-optimized WAN interfaces.

  • Deployment - shows all other physical devices and interfaces known to the NetProfiler.

  • Preferred Interfaces - shows interfaces for which NetProfiler precomputes and caches traffic information for quick access when reporting.

  • VXLAN - shows VTEPs (virtual tunnel endpoints) and virtual gateways and their physical interfaces. This is available only when the NetProfiler has the VXLAN feature enabled.

The Filter button opens a window in which you can specify a filter to limit the display to a manageable size or to specify a particular device or interface. Filtering limits the currently-selected network view to device names or interfaces that match the characters you enter in the filter popup.

The filter is displayed above the filtered list. Click the "x" behind the filter to return to the unfiltered list.

You can define your own views of the network based on attributes that are useful, such as geographic locations or business units. You can define views and interface groups within views on the Definitions > Interface Groups page.  more

You can manage the membership of the WAN groups on the Definitions > WAN page.  more

You can manage the membership of the Preferred Interfaces group on the Definitions > Interface Groups page.  more

 

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