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The Device Actions Menu
The Device Actions Menu
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The Device Actions Menu

Image ModifiedAll Device Viewer windows provide a special Device Actions icon at the top. Click this icon for a menu offering useful tools for viewing related information about the chosen device.

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To check the license status of any device (whether the device shown in the Device Viewer counts against the license limits for the NetMRI appliance), go to the Device Support page (Device Viewer –> > Settings & Status –> > Device Support).

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You can define individual devices' SNMP and CLI credentials in the Device Viewer. For more information, see Adding and Testing SNMP Credentials for a Device and Adding and Testing CLI Credentials for a Device.

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The Device Viewer's Issues page (Device Viewer –> > Network Analysis –> > Issues) lists issues associated with the selected device in the network.

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The Device Viewer's Device/Network Explorer section (Device Viewer –> > Device/Network Explorer) shows a substantial body of critical information about a selected device relative to other network elements. Device/Network Explorer conveys many details about the relative location of the device in the network, and aspects of its operating state. The "location" of the device is described by its SNMP identity, with many other pieces of information about the network switch, router, or other entity.

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The Router section (Device Viewer –> > Router section) provides protocol and connectivity information for the router or switch/router currently displayed in the Device Viewer, including the complete routing table, information on any dynamic routing protocols the device is running, ARP (IPv4) and Neighbor Discovery records (IPv6). All tables in this category apply for devices supporting both IPv4 and IPv6.

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NetMRI divides Ethernet switch information into a separate Switch section (Device Viewer –> > Switch) to provide discrete information for the switch currently shown in the Device Viewer.

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The Wireless section (Device Viewer –> > Wireless section) prov

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ides information about a wireless access point when displayed in the Device Viewer. This accordion menu appears in the Device Viewer only when a wireless access point device is detected and added to the managed complement of devices.

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If the SNMP community string cannot be determined, enter it in the RO Community field as described above, or add it in the Settings icon –> > Setup –> > Credentials page.

To specify the SNMP version understood by the device, choose the correct SNMP Version option, and then click Update Device.

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You can verify data collection activity in the Device Viewer. The Device Support page (Device Viewer –> > Settings & Status –> > Device Support) contains three tabs:

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