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Switch Insights

date_range 25-Mar-25

Get end-to-end visibility for switch usage and view analytics about your wired network.

The report provides in-depth information including interface utilization, VLAN traffic trends, and switch and port usage. You can easily see the status of each port and the interfaces that are currently connected to the switch.

Features and Benefits

  • Provides insights on organization-wide usage of switches and ports at a granular level. With these insights, you can spot the areas of the network that experience problems.

  • Monitors the amount and types of traffic passing through the ports and interfaces of switches

  • Provides details about the client devices connected to the switches and ports in your network

Before You Begin

Access Switch Insights Dashboard

To access the Switch Insights dashboard:

  1. From the left menu on the Juniper Mist portal, select Analytics > Premium Analytics.
  2. On the Premium Analytics page, click Switch Insights.
    Figure 1: Access Premium Analytics Access Premium Analytics
    The Switch Insights dashboard appears.
  3. Use the following filter options, which are available at the top of the dashboard, to view specific information:
    • Click Report Period and select one of the defined reporting periods. Alternatively, select a range of days from the calendar to customize the reporting period. By default, the dashboard shows data for the last 7 days.

    • Filter by Site Name, Host Name, Interface Name, Port Type, VLAN Name, and Active Ports Only.

    • From the dashboard actions on the top-right corner of the dashboard, select Reset filter to reset the filters.

Switch Insights Tiles

At the top of the dashboard, you can get insights of switches in your site. The dashboard displays the number of ports, media types, port status, and ports operating mode.

Figure 2: Switch Insights - Ports Details Switch Insights - Ports Details

The tile displays the following details:

  • Total count of ports and the count of ports in use

  • Count of ports classified by media type (copper or fiber)

    Click the chart to open a new window with additional details such as the list of switches, interface names, and other statistics.

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  • Number of ports that are up and down

  • Number of ports classified by interface mode (access or trunk)

    Click the chart to open a new window with additional details such as list of switches, interface names, and other statistics.

Interface Details

The tile displays the details of the switches with traffic utilization details.

Figure 3: Interface Details Interface Details

You can see:

  • Interface Name —Interface configured on the switch.

  • Hostname—Hostname of the switch.

  • PoE Mode—Hostname of the switch.

  • Client IP—IP address of the client device.

  • VLAN Name—Name of the associated VLAN.

  • Client Info MAC—MAC address of the client device.

  • Client Hostname—Hostname of a client.

  • Interface Link—Link status of an interface.

  • Media Type—Interface media type (copper or fiber).

  • Traffic usage—Total volume of traffic usage by an interface.

  • Rx Gbytes—Traffic volume that an interface receives.

  • Tx Gbytes—Traffic volume that an interface transmits.

Interface Traffic Trends in GB

The tile shows the interface traffic trends over a period of time.

Figure 4: Interface Traffic Trends Interface Traffic Trends

Place the cursor on a line graph, which represents an interface, to see the actual volume of traffic through that interface.

The legend below the chart shows all the interfaces. To hide the traffic details of an interface from the chart and see only the details of the remaining interfaces, click the interface in the legend below.

Interface Utilization Trends

The tile shows the percentage of interfaces utilized over a period of time.

Figure 5: Interface Traffic Trends Interface Traffic Trends

Place the cursor on a line graph, which represents an interface, to see the actual utilization percentage of that interface.

The legend below the chart shows all the interfaces. To hide the traffic details of an interface from the chart and see only the details of the remaining interfaces, click the interface in the legend below.

VLAN Traffic Trends

The tile shows the volume of VLAN traffic trend over a period of time.

Figure 6: VLAN Traffic Trends VLAN Traffic Trends

Place the cursor on a line graph, which represents a VLAN network, to see the actual traffic utilization for that network.

The legend below the chart shows all the VLAN networks. To hide the traffic details of a VLAN network from the chart and see only details of the remaining ones, click the VLAN network in the legend below.

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