Monitor Network Inventory
With NetQ, a network administrator can monitor both the switch hardware and its operating system for misconfigurations or misbehaving services. The Devices Inventory card workflow provides a view into the switches and hosts installed in your network and their various hardware and software components. The workflow contains a small card with a count of each device type in your network, a medium card displaying the operating systems running on each set of devices, large cards with component information statistics, and full-screen cards displaying tables with attributes of all switches and all hosts in your network.
The Devices Inventory card workflow helps answer questions such as:
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What switches do I have in the network?
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What is the distribution of ASICs across my network?
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Do all switches have valid licenses?
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Are NetQ agents running on all of my switches?
For monitoring inventory and performance on a switch-by-switch basis, refer to the Monitor Switches topic .
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Devices Inventory Card Workflow Summary
The small Devices Inventory card displays:
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total number of monitored switches and hosts
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The medium Devices Inventory card displays:
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total number of monitored switches and hosts
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distribution of operating systems deployed on switches and hosts
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The large Devices Inventory card displays.
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total number of switches
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distribution and unique number of ASIC vendors and models
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distribution and unique number of OS version
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distribution and unique number of license status
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distribution and unique number of NetQ Agents versions
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distribution and unique number of platform versions
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The full screen Devices Inventory card provides tabs for all switches and all hosts.
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View the Number of Each Device Type in Your Network
You can view the number of switches and hosts deployed in your network. As you grow your network this can be useful for validating that devices have been added as scheduled.
To view the quantity of devices in your network, o pen the small Devices Inventory card (refer to the NetQ User Interface Overview for details).
Chassis are not monitored in this release, so an NA (not applicable) value is displayed for these devices, even if you have chassis in your network.
View Which Operating Systems Are Running on Your Network Devices
You can view the distribution of operating systems running on your switches and hosts. This is useful for verifying which versions of the OS are deployed and for upgrade planning. It also provides a view into the relative dependence on a given OS in your network.
To view the OS distribution, open the medium Devices Inventory card if it is not already on your workbench.
Chassis are not monitored in this release, so an NA (not applicable) value is displayed for these devices, even if you have chassis in your network.
View Switch Components
To view switch components, open the large Devices Inventory card. By default the Switches tab is shown displaying the total number of switches, ASIC types, OS versions, license status, NetQ Agent versions, and specific platforms deployed on all of your switches.
Highlight a Selected Component Type
You can hover over any of the segments in a component distribution chart to highlight a specific type of the given component. When you hover, a tooltip appears displaying:
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the name or value of the component type, such as the version number or status
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the total number of switches with that type of component deployed compared to the total number of switches
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percentage of this type with respect to all component types.
Additionally, sympathetic highlighting is used to show the related component types relevant to the highlighted segment and the number of unique component types associated with this type.
In this example, the OS version 3.7.2 type is highlighted.
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Focus on a Selected Component Type
To dig deeper on a particular component type, you can filter the card data by that type.
To view component type data:
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Click a segment of the component distribution charts.
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Select the first option from the popup, Filter <component name>.
The card data is filtered to show only the components associated with selected component type. A filter tag appears next to the total number of switches indicating the filter criteria. To return to the full complement of components, click the
in the filter tag.
In this example, the result of filtering on the ASIC is shown.
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View All Switches
You can view all stored attributes for all switches in your network. To view all switch details, open the full screen Devices Inventory card and click the All Switches tab in the navigation panel.
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To return to your workbench, click
in the top right corner of the card.
View All Hosts
You can view all stored attributes for all hosts in your network. To view all hosts details, open the full screen Devices Inventory card and click the All Hosts tab in the navigation panel.
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To return to your workbench, click
in the top right corner of the card.