Introducing Network Explorer

The Network Explorer tab displays everything NetMRI learns about the network. Network Explorer is a good starting point for inspecting the results of a Network Discovery process, viewing the topology of the discovered network, and obtaining information about how the network is behaving in each network segment.

The following tabs within Network Explorer offer different ways to examine network data:

• Inventory: This tab provides basic information about all active devices, interfaces, operating systems and models in the network, including virtual devices, which are instances of virtual routers, virtual switches, and other types that are supported by selected devices from some networked system vendors. For more information, see Viewing Network Inventory.
• Summaries: This tab lists routes, subnets, VLANs, HSRPs/VRRPs, route targets, network views, VRFs, and ports in the network. For more information, see Summarizing Networks.
• Topology: This tab provides an interactive viewer in which you can visually explore your network's topology and interconnectivity. For more information, see Using the Topology Viewer.
• Discovery: This tab provides detailed information about NetMRI's discovery processes, including the ability to affect Discovery settings for individual devices, perform/repeat Discovery on a single device, set licensing for a managed device, and remove a device from NetMRI management. For more information on device-related Discovery functions, see Viewing Device Discovery Status and Re-Discovering a Device. 
• Switch Port Management: This is a key feature set for compiling, monitoring, and controlling the devices, ports, and end hosts throughout an enterprise's switched Ethernet network. For more information, see Switch Port Management.