Understanding the Build Mode Tasks Pane

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The Tasks pane in Build mode contains all the tasks you can do in Build mode. Click a specific task to begin that task.

The tasks listed in the Tasks pane depend on the scope you select in the View pane—that is, what view (Logical, Location, Device, Virtual, or Custom Group) you have selected and what object you have selected. Not all tasks are available in all scopes. As you change your selections in the View pane, the contents of the Tasks pane also change.

Build mode tasks are divided into the following categories in the Tasks pane.

Network Director enables you to perform the following tasks for devices in your physical network:

Device Discovery—Before your devices can be managed by Network Director, you must use device discovery to discover them. As Network Director discovers devices, it adds them to your network view in the View pane. Table 1 describes the device discovery tasks.
Device Management—After devices have been discovered, you can perform administrative tasks on them, such as viewing a list of the device’s physical components, connecting to a device using SSH, rebooting a device, or assigning a switch to its logical role in the network. Table 2 describes the device management tasks.
Wired—You can create configuration profiles and quick templates for the different wired devices—EX Series Ethernet Switches, EX Series Switches, QFX Series switches and MX Series routers.
Location Management—You can build your Location view of the network by creating sites, buildings, floors, closets, and outdoor areas and assigning devices to these locations. Table 3 describes the location management tasks.
Connectivity—For switches in your network that are connected to your virtual network, you can view the connectivity between a given switch and the corresponding virtual switch and between the virtual switch and the virtual machine. Table 4 describes the connectivity tasks.
Profile and Configuration Management—Network Director provides a set of configuration profiles that you can create to provision multiple devices in your network. Table 5 describes the profile and configuration management tasks.
Key Tasks—Network Director enables you to group the tasks that you perform frequently and create a list of key tasks. You can add any task from the Tasks pane to the Key Tasks list by selecting a task and clicking the plus (+) sign that appears adjacent to the task. For some modes, you can see that Network Director has predefined some key tasks for you. You can modify this set of tasks to suit your requirements. This feature is available in Task pane irrespective of your current mode, scope, or view.

For more information about Build mode features, see Understanding Build Mode in Network Director.

Table 1 through Table 5 describe the tasks that you can perform in the physical network category, including the scope in the View pane that you must select to access the task.

Table 1: Device Discovery Tasks
Task	Description	Scope
Discover Devices	Discovers supported switches in the network and brings them under Network Director management.	Any
View Discovery Status	Displays the status of device discovery jobs.	Any

Table 2: Device Management Tasks
Task	Description	Scope
Assign Device to Logical Category	Assigns switches to one of the following logical categories within the switching network: Core, Aggregation, Access.	View: Logical Object: Switching Network, Core, Aggregation, Access, Unassigned, or an individual switch
Change Location of Device	Changes where a device is located in Location view.	View: AllObject: Individual switch
Create MC-LAG	Configures multichassis link aggregation groups (MC-LAG).	View: AllObject: All
Create ESI-LAG	Configures Ethernet Segment Identifier link aggregation groups (ESI-LAG) in a campus environment.	View: AllObject: All
Delete Devices	Deletes a switch as a managed device from Network Director. If you select a scope that contains more than one switch, you can choose which devices are deleted.	View: AllObject: All
Launch Web View	Launches the Web-based management interface for the selected device in a separate window: the J-Web interface for EX Series switches .	View: AllObject: Individual switch
Manage LAG	Creates and manages Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs).	View: AllObject: Individual switch
Manage Port Groups	Enables you to create and manage port groups. Port groups enable you to configure a group of ports with a single configuration.	View: LogicalObject: Switching Network, Core, Aggregation, Access, Unassigned, an individual switch (both EX Series and QFX Series)
Reboot Devices	Reboots devices. If you select a scope that contains more than one switch, you can choose which devices get deleted.	View: AllObject: All
Show Current Configuration	Shows the running configuration on a switch.	View: AllObject: Individual switch
SSH to Device	Launches an SSH connection to the selected device.	View: AllObject: Individual switch
Validate Pending Configuration	Validates configuration changes that have not yet been deployed on devices.	View: AllObject: All
View Assigned Profiles	Displays the profiles assigned to the selected device.	View: AllObject: Individual switch
View Inventory	Displays information about all the devices in the currently selected object and all its child objects.	View: AllObject: All
View License Information	View the licenses installed on the device and their status.	View: AllObject: Individual switch
View Physical Inventory	Displays information about the selected device’s hardware components.	View: AllObject: Individual switch

Table 3: Location Management Tasks
Task	Description	Scope
Add Building	Creates a new building in the selected site. Note: Use this task only to create the building. Floors and closets in the building must be created separately.	View: Location Object: A site
Add Closet	Creates a new closet in the selected floor.	View: LocationObject: A floor
Add Floor	Creates a new floor in the selected building. Note: Use this task only to create the floor. Closets in the building must be created separately.	View: LocationObject: A building
Add Outdoor Area	Creates a new outdoor area in the selected site.	View: LocationObject: A site
Add Site	Creates a new site in Location view. Note: Use this task only to create the site object. Buildings, floors, closets, and outdoor areas in the site must be created separately.	View: LocationObject: My Network only
Delete Building/Edit Building	Deletes or modifies the selected building.	View: Location Object: A building
Delete Closet/Edit Closet	Deletes or modifies the selected closet.	View: Location Object: A closet
Delete Floor/Edit Floor	Deletes or modifies the selected floor.	View: LocationObject: A floor
Delete Outdoor Area/Edit Outdoor Area	Deletes or modifies the selected outdoor area.	View: Location Object: An outdoor area
Delete Site/Edit Site	Deletes or modifies the selected site.	View: Location Object: A site
Assign Devices to Building	Assigns switches to a building.	View: Location Object: A building
Assign Devices to Closet	Assigns switches to a closet.	View: LocationObject: A closet
Assign Devices to Floor	Assigns switches to a floor.	View: Location Object: A floor
Setup Locations	Opens the page by using which you can create an entire site—that is, define buildings, floors, closets, outdoor areas and to assign devices to these locations. Note: Use this task only to create a site. Do not use it to modify an existing site.	View: Location Object: My Network and any location node within an existing site.

Table 4: Connectivity Tasks
Task	Description	Scope
View Virtual Network Connectivity	Pictorially displays the network connectivity between the selected switch and the virtual switch and between the virtual switch and the virtual machine. If the selected switch is not connected to a virtual network, Network Director displays the standalone switch.	View: Logical, Location, DeviceObject: Individual switch
View Virtual Machines	Displays the virtual machines that are connected to the selected switch.	View: Logical, Location, DeviceObject: Individual switch

Table 5: Profile and Configuration Management Tasks
Task	Description	Device Family	Scope
Manage Quick Templates	Enables you to create and manage quick templates. Quick templates enable you to define your network configuration in the form of templates that you can apply to multiple devices in your network.	EX Series QFX Series MX Series	All
View Deployed Templates	Enables you to view the list of quick templates that are deployed.	EX Series QFX Series MX Series	All
Access	Creates and manages Access profiles. Use Access profiles to configure authentication methods (RADIUS, LDAP, and local), accounting methods (RADIUS and LDAP), and authentication/accounting servers.	EX Series QFX Series	Any
Authentication	Creates and manages Authentication profiles. Use Authentication profiles to specify authentication method and authentication parameters for authenticating clients and users who connect to an access port on a switch.	EX Series QFX Series	Any
CoS	Creates and manages CoS profiles. Use CoS profiles to configure class-of-service (CoS) attributes to be applied to interfaces or to user traffic.	EX Series QFX Series	Any
Device Common Settings	Creates and manages Device Common Settings profiles. Use Device Common Settings profiles to configure basic system settings, such as users, time and time servers, SNMP, system logging, and so on.	EX Series QFX Series	Any
Fabric	Creates and manages Fabric profiles. Use Fabric profiles to configure gateway FC fabrics on QFX Series devices that act as a FCoE-FC gateway.	QFX Series	Any
Filter	Creates and manages Filter profiles. Use Filter profiles to define Layer 2 and Layer 3 firewall filters (ACLs).	EX Series QFX Series	Any
LDAP	Creates and manages LDAP profiles. Use LDAP profiles to specify details about your LDAP authentication and accounting server. LDAP profiles can then be linked to an access profile.	EX Series	Any
Port	Creates and manages Port profiles for EX Series switches. Use Port profiles to configure interface settings, such as PoE settings, protocol family, port mode, physical link settings, firewall filters, and port security settings for interfaces.	EX Series QFX Series	Any
Radius	Creates and manages Radius profiles. Use Radius profiles to specify details about your RADIUS authentication and accounting server. Radius profiles can then be linked to an access profile.	EX Series	Any
VLANs	Creates and manages VLAN profiles. Use VLAN profiles to define VLANs, including the firewall filters to be applied to the VLANs and other settings.	EX Series QFX Series	Any

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