This section details the dashboards of Devices (Discovery) dashboards category. For more information on operations that can be performed on reporting dashboards, see About Dashboards.

The dashboards covered in this section are as follows.

Inactive IP Addresses

The Inactive IP Addresses dashboard lists inactive IP addresses that are not in use since the initial specified time, and remain so through the last discovery cycle. For example, you can use this dashboard to compare the state of all ports on devices for one month's operation versus 1 weeks' operation. The dashboard lists inactive IP addresses associated with Hosts, IPv4 and IPv6 Fixed Address objects, and IPv4 Reservation objects. Each unique IP address within each network view appears exactly once in the dashboard. You can go to the Data Management –> IPAM page to delete listed inactive IP addresses.
By default, this dashboard operates for all devices across all network views. This dashboard supports use of a single time filter. You can filter by device name or network view.
This dashboard displays the following IP address and device information in table format:

• IP: The IP address.
• Last MAC/DUID: The discovered MAC or DUID.
• Type: Inactive IP address object type: Fixed Address, IPv4 Reservation or Host.
• Device Type: The type of device connected to the inactive IP address. Types include Router, Firewall, Switch-Router, and Switch.
• Device Name: The name of the device connected to the inactive IP address.
• Port/Interface: The device interface bound to the IP address.
• Network View: The network view containing the inactive IP address.

Port Capacity Delta by Device

The Port Capacity Delta by Device dashboard provides three Start/End time ranges by which each measured device illustrates how many interfaces move into and out of the three key functional states for each port: Administratively Up/ Operationally Up, Administratively Up/Operationally Down and Administratively Down/Operationally Down.
For example, consider a port that is in the Administratively Up/ Operationally Up status on a given device at the beginning of a one-week measurement (Start), and that it is the only port that changes state for that device in the measurement period. At the end of the measurement period (End) it goes into an Administratively Up/Operationally Down state. At first, the Administratively Up/ Operationally Up Start counter reflects the discovered state at the beginning of the measurement period. When the port changes state, and its change is discovered, the Administratively Up/ Operationally Up End counter decrements by 1; the Administratively Up/ Operationally Down Start counter increases by 1. The data format is similar to the Port Capacity Utilization by Device report except that each data point divides into two values (Start and End), reflecting the delta.
You can filter by device name or network view, or both.
This dashboard displays the following categories of information in table format:

• Device Name: Name of the listed device.
• Admin Up, Operation Up Start: count at the starting time of measurement of device interfaces in Admin Up/Operational Up status.
• Admin Up, Operation Up End: count at the ending time of measurement device interfaces in Admin Up/Operational Up status.
• Admin Down, Operation Down Start: count at the starting time of measurement of device interfaces in Admin Down/Operational Down status.
• Admin Down, Operation Down End: count at the ending time of device interfaces in Admin Down/Operational Down status.
• Admin Up, Operation Down Start: count at the starting time of measurement of device interfaces in Admin Up and Operational Down status.
• Admin Up, Operation Down End: count at the ending time of device interfaces in Admin Up and Operational Down status.
• Total Available: The total number of available ports for the listed device.
• Network View: The Grid Manager Network View to which the device is associated.

Port Capacity Trend

The Port Capacity Trend report is a line graph of device port utilization over time. It uses the Administratively Up/ Operationally Up, Administratively Up/Operationally Down, and Administratively Down/Operationally Down counters; by default, for all interfaces across all devices, across all network views, to produce a line chart illustrating four broad data categories:

• Admin Up, Operation Up: cumulative count over time of device interfaces in Admin Up/Operational Up status.
• Admin Down, Operation Down: cumulative count over time of device interfaces in Admin Down/Operational Down status.
• Admin Up, Operation Down: cumulative count over time of device interfaces in Admin Up and Operational Down status.
• Total Available: Total number of ports on all devices across all network views, whether provisioned or not.

The default time span for this trend chart is one week of measurement. You can filter by device name or network view, or both. You will need to know the device name or network view name for filter entry.
Should you turn off filtering, the dashboard shows the collected data 'for all time;' for the entire period since monitoring began.

Port Capacity Utilization by Device

The Port Capacity Utilization by Device provides the devices' overall port status for the specified time, without stating devices' or individual ports' operating state. Each device's count of unused interfaces, within each network view, appears exactly once in the dashboard. By default, the table sorts by ascending Device Name. By default, this dashboard lists all devices, across all network views. You can filter by device name or network view, or both. Grid Manager takes snapshots of data for Port Capacity reports every six hours.
You will see three distinct port configuration combination counts per device:

• Administratively Up, Operationally Up
• Administratively Up, Operationally Down
• Administratively Down, Operationally Down

This dashboard displays the following information in table format:

• Device Name: The name of the device associated with the port status counts.
• Admin Up, Operation Up: The count of device interfaces in Admin Up/Operational Up status.
• Admin Down, Operation Down: The count of device interfaces in Admin Down/Operational Down status.
• Admin Up, Operation Down: The count of device interfaces in Admin Up and Operational Down status.
• Total Available: Total number of interfaces available for the device, whether provisioned or not.
• Network View: The network view containing the listed device.

IP Address Inventory

The IP Address Inventory dashboard provides information about all IP addresses that can be discovered by NetMRI (IPAM sync), vDiscovery, and Network Insight solutions. This dashboard displays the list of IP addresses, management platform, discovered name, and the details of the network devices that have been discovered.
The dashboard data can be filtered by Time, Network View, IP Address, Management Platform, First Seen and Last Seen timestamps. For instance, you can filter by Management Platform and see which platform the device possesses during the given time frame.

• IP address: The discovered IPv4 or IPv6 address.
• Discovered Name: The discovered name of the device.
• First Seen: The timestamp when the IP address was first seen in the network.
• Last Seen: The timestamp when the IP address was last seen in the network.
• Network View: The network view with which the IP address is associated.
• Managed: Indicates if the discovered device is managed by NIOS. For NIOS managed device, you can define basic characteristics and manage those devices on NIOS.
• Management Platform: The platform information from where IP address is discovered. This can be Network Insight, Amazon, OpenStack, or VMware.
• VLAN Name: The VLAN name on the switch port.
• VLAN ID: The VLAN ID on the switch port.
• VRF Name: The name of the VRF to which the interface with this IP address belongs.
• VRF Description: The description of discovered VRF.
• VRF RD: The address of the route distinguisher of discovered VRF.
• BGP AS: The number of the discovered BGP Autonomous System that uses the IP address.

Network Inventory

The Network Inventory dashboard provides information about all known networks. The dashboard displays the list of device IP addresses, IP address utilization %, management platform, and the netmask details of the devices that have been discovered.
This dashboard displays a table that contains the following information:

• Device IP Address: The IP address of the device.
• Netmask: The netmask of the network.
• First Seen: The timestamp when the IP address was first seen in the network.
• Last Seen: The timestamp when the IP address was last seen in the network.
• Network View: The network view with which the device is associated.
• Utilization%: Displays the percentage based on the IP addresses that are currently in use on the network. For example, a /30 subnet mask can have two IP addresses that are in use. If both IP addresses are detected, then the Utilization% is 100%.
• Managed: Indicates whether this network is a managed or unmanaged object in NIOS. Managed objects are configured for DNS or DHCP and have corresponding NIOS objects such as fixed addresses, DNS records, or host records, which you can manage directly in NIOS.
• Management Platform: The platform information on which IP address is discovered. This can be Network Insight, Amazon, OpenStack, or VMware.
• Discovered VLAN Name: VLAN name of the discovered VLAN on the switch port.
• Assigned VLAN Name: VLAN name of the VLAN assigned to the network.
• Discovered VLAN ID: The VLAN ID of the discovered VLAN on the switch port.
• Assigned VLAN ID: VLAN ID of the VLAN assigned to the network.
• VRF Name: The name of the discovered VRF that uses IP addresses of the network.
• VRF Description: The description of the discovered VRF.

• VRF RD: The address of the route distinguisher of discovered VRF.
  BGP AS: The number of the discovered BGP Autonomous System that uses IP addresses of the network.

  Note

  In the columns VRF Name and BGP AS, if IPs in the network have multiple VRF or BGP AS records, the columns display “Multiple” as an aggregate value. In the columns VRF Description and VRF RD, if all VRF description or RD values for IP addresses are the same, then the columns display this value for the network. Otherwise the columns display “Multiple”.

  To see values for each IP, click the network -> List tab.

Network Insight Dashboards

The Network Insight dashboards are available only when you have configured the Network Insight appliance as a Grid member with a valid Network Insight license installed. For information about Network Insight, see Infoblox Network Insight.

End Host History

The End Host History dashboard provides the history of the end hosts discovered by Network Insight in a given time frame across all network views. This dashboard is applicable only for the Network Insight solution. The dashboard displays the list of MAC addresses for end hosts, their IP addresses and the details of the network devices from which the end hosts have been discovered.
The dashboard data can be filtered by Network View, MAC Address, IP Address, First Seen and Last Seen timestamps. For instance, you can filter by MAC address and see which IP address the end host possesses during the given time frame. You can also filter by the First Seen and/or Last Seen timestamp and find the MAC addresses of the end hosts becoming active and/or going offline.
This dashboard displays the following information in table format:

• MAC Address: The MAC address of the end host.
• IP address: The IP address of the end host.
• First Seen: The timestamp when the MAC address was first seen in the network.
• Last Seen: The timestamp when the MAC address was last seen in the network.
• Network View: The network view with which the end host is associated.
• Device Name: The name of the network device that has the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) of the end host.
• Device Vendor: The vendor of the network device that has the ARP of the end host.
• Device Model: The model of the network device that has the ARP of the end host.
• Device OS Version: The OS version of the network device that has the ARP of the end host.
• Device IP Address: The management address of the network device that has the ARP of the end host.
• Device Interface: The interface name of the network device that has the ARP of the end host.
• Device VLAN: The VLAN ID of the interface that has the ARM (Asynchronous Response Mode) of the end host.
• AP Name: The name of the access point of the device. This column is displayed only for wireless devices.
• AP IP Address: The IP address of the access point of the device. This column is displayed only for wireless devices.
• SSID: The unique name of the WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network).
• User Name: The name of the user. This column is displayed only when the Identity Mapping feature on the appliance is enabled. For information about how to enable the Identity Mapping feature, see Enabling Identity Mapping.

Device Interface Inventory

The Device Interface Inventory dashboard provides interface statistics of devices discovered by Network Insight in a given time frame. This dashboard is applicable only for the Network Insight solution. The dashboard displays the list of interface IP addresses, device operating system, device model, discovered name, and the details of the network devices that have been discovered.
This dashboard displays a table that contains the following information:

• Network View: The network view to which the device is associated.
• Device IP Address: The IP address of the network device.
• Device Name: The name of the network device.
• Device Type: The device type as discovered. This can be Switch, Router, or Switch-Router.
• Device Vendor: The vendor of the network device.
• Device Model: The model of the network device.
• Device OS Version: The OS version of the network device.
• Interface Name: The interface name of the network device.
• Interface IP: The IP address of the device interface.
• Interface Description: Additional information about the device interface.
• Aggregated Interface: The port channel name, if the interface is part of a port channel or virtual port channel.
• Admin Status: The switched interface's Admin status (whether the port is administratively enabled by the operator).
• Operation Status: The switched interface's operating status.
• Last Port Changed: The timestamp of the last change made on the interface (change can be anything such as changing the description, changing the VLAN, or changing the interface status to up or down).
• Trunk Port: Indicates if the interface is enabled for trunking (allows multiple VLANs). Displays Yes or No.
• Type: The standard interface type supported by the port.
• Speed: The line speed of each listed interface.
• VLAN ID: The VLAN ID on the switch port.
• VLAN Name: The VLAN name on the switch port.
• Network: The network address.

Device Inventory

The Device Inventory dashboard provides statistics of device inventory data discovered by Network Insight in a given time frame. This dashboard is applicable only for the Network Insight solution. The dashboard displays the list of interface IP addresses, device operating system, device model, discovered name, and the device details that have been discovered.
This dashboard displays a table that contains the following information:

• Device Type: The device type as discovered. This can be Switch, Router, Firewall, Load Balancer, Switch-Router and so on.
• Asset Type: Indicates that the device is a physical device, virtual device, or host.
• Device Vendor: The vendor of the device.
• Device Model: The model of the device.
• OS Version: The version of the operating system that is running on the device.
• Device Name: The name of the device.
• Chassis S/N: Displays the hardware serial number. This displays multiple values if there are more than one chassis or modules installed on the hardware.
• Device IP Address: The IP address of the network device.
• Network View: The network view with which the device is associated.
• First Seen: The timestamp when the IP address was first seen in the network.
• Last Seen: The timestamp when the IP address was last seen in the network.

Device Components

The Device Components dashboard provides information about device components discovered by Network Insight. This dashboard is applicable only for the Network Insight solution. The dashboard displays the list of device IP addresses, device operating system version, device model, device vendor, discovered name, and the device model that have been discovered.

This dashboard displays a table that contains the following information:

• Device IP: The IP address of the device.
• Network View: The network view with which the device is associated.
• Device Name: The name of the device.
• Device Model: The model of the device.
• Device Vendor: The vendor of the device.
• OS Version: The version of the operating system that is running on the device.
• Name: The name of the network component.
• Description: Additional information about the network component.
• Class: The device category.
• S/N: Displays the hardware serial number. This displays multiple values if there are more than one chassis or modules installed on the hardware.
• Model: The product name or model of the network device.
• Hardware Rev: The hardware version number of the device.
• Firmware Rev: The firmware version of the device.
• Software Rev: The software version of the device.

IPAMv4 Device Networks

The IPAMv4 Device Networks dashboard provides IPAMv4 device usage for each network in a given time frame. This dashboard displays the following information:

• IPAM Network: The network address.
• Utilization%: The percentage of IP address in use over the total number of IP addresses in the network.
• Network View: The network view.
• DeviceIP: The IP address of the device.
• DeviceName: The name of the device.
• InterfaceIP: The IP address of the device interface.
• DeviceModel: The model of the device.
• DeviceVendor: The vendor of the device.
• DeviceOSVersion: The version of the operating system that is running on the device.

Device Advisor

The Device Advisor dashboard displays lifecycle and CVEs data for discovered infrastructure devices.

This dashboard displays the following information:

• Device Type: The device type as discovered. This can be Switch, Router, Firewall, Load Balancer, Switch-Router and so on.
• Asset Type: Indicates that the device is a physical device, virtual device, or host.
• Device Vendor: The vendor of the device.
• OS Version: The version of the operating system that is running on the device.
• Device Name: The name of the device.
• Chassis S/N: The hardware serial number. This displays multiple values if there are more than one chassis or modules installed on the hardware.
• Chassis P/N: The hardware part number.
• Device IP: The IP address of the network device.
• Network view: The network view to which the device is associated.
• EoL Status: The lifecycle status of the device.
• End of Sale Date: The end of sale date of the device.
• End of Support Date: The end of support date for the device.
• EOL Bulletin URL: The URL pointing to the manufacturer's EOL announcement.
• CVE Bulletin Count: The count of CVEs that affect the device.
• CVE Bulletin List: The names of manufacturer's CVEs that affect the device.