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About the Dashboard Page

To access the dashboard, select Dashboard.

Use the Dashboard page to view a variety of status and statistics information related to the network. This information is displayed in a carousel as widgets that you can arrange according to your preference.

Table 1 describes the meaning of the severity level colors displayed on the widgets.

Table 1: Meaning of the Severity Level Colors

Color

Definition

Green

Healthy—The overall health of the device, device group, or network group is normal. No problems have been detected.

Yellow

Warning—There might be a problem with the health of the device, device group, or network group. A minor problem has been detected. Further investigation is required.

Red

Risk—The health of the device, device group, or network group is severely compromised. A major problem has been detected.

Gray

No Data—No data is available for the device, device group, or network group.

Tasks You Can Perform

  • Show or hide the carousel—Click the cluster of nine blue dots on the top-center part of the page to display the carousel that contains the available widgets. To hide the carousel, click the up arrow on the carousel.

  • View widgets in the carousel—From the list at the top left of the carousel, select the category of widgets that you want to view. The default is All Widgets.

    The widgets that belong to the selected category are displayed in the carousel.

  • Search for a widget in the carousel—Click the search icon (magnifying glass) at the top-left corner of the carousel, enter the search text, and press Enter.

    The widgets, relevant to your search text, are displayed in the carousel.

  • Create your own dashboard—Click the add (+) icon to the right of My Dashboard to create your own dashboard.

    A new tab appears next to My Dashboard.

    Then, drag the widgets (that you want to add to your dashboard) from the carousel and drop them in this tab. The dashboard automatically adjusts the placement of the widgets to dynamically fit on your browser window without changing their order. You can press and hold the top portion of the widget and move it to a new location on the tab.

  • Update information on specific widgets or all widgets—Click the refresh icon (circular arrow) on the top of a widget to refresh this specific widget or click the refresh icon on the top-right corner of the dashboard to refresh all widgets in the dashboard.

    At the bottom of each widget, you can see the date (in MM:DD:YYYY format) and time (in HH:MM:SS AM/PM 12-hour format) at which the widget was last updated.

  • Rename a dashboard—Double-click on the title bar of the dashboard, specify a name, and press Enter.

  • Delete a dashboard or widget—Click the delete icon (X) in the title bar of the dashboard to remove the dashboard from the Dashboard page or click X on the top of a widget to remove the widget from the Dashboard page, and confirm the delete operation. The dashboard or widget, and its custom settings (if any) are deleted.

Field Descriptions

Table 2 describes the dashboard widgets.

Table 2: Widgets on the Dashboard

Widget

Description

Alerts

Alert Severity

Displays a donut chart that is segmented by severity level of the alert (Normal, Major, or Minor).

The integer value at the center of the donut chart indicates the total number of alerts. Hover over a segment to view the number (and percentage share) of alerts that belong to a severity level.

Alert Summary

Displays a graph with timeline view that indicates the number of alerts that belong to each severity level (Normal, Major, or Minor).

Hover your cursor over any time point in the chart to see the number of alerts that belong to each severity level for that time.

Alert Status

Displays a donut chart that is segmented by alert status (Open, Closed, or Expired).

The integer value at the center of the donut chart indicates the total number of alerts. Hover over a segment to view the number (and percentage share) of alerts that are open, closed, or expired.

Alarms By Type

Displays a bar graph that indicates the number of major and minor alarms, per alarm type.

From the View list at the top-right corner of the widget, select the period for which you want to view the alarms. You can choose to view alarms for the past hour, past day, past week, and past month.

To see more details of the alarms (such as the severity level and time at which the alarm was raised), click the More Details link at the bottom-right corner of the widget. You are taken to the Alarms page (Monitoring > Alarms).

Historical Alarms

Displays a graph with timeline view that indicates the number of major and minor alarms for the selected period.

From the View list at the top-right corner of the widget, select the period for which you want to view the alarms. You can choose to view alarms for the past hour, past day, past week, past month, and past year.

To see more details of the alarms (such as the severity level and time at which the alarm was raised), click the More Details link at the bottom-right corner of the widget. You are taken to the Alarms page (Monitoring > Alarms).

Devices

Device Count By Vendor

Displays a donut chart that is segmented by vendor.

The integer value at the center of the donut chart indicates the total number of devices in the network. Hover over a segment to view the number (and percentage share) of devices belonging to a particular vendor.

Top 10 Traffic - Devices

Displays a bar graph that indicates the top 10 devices (in descending order) with the highest measured traffic values, in terms of the bandwidth usage.

Top 10 Traffic - Interfaces

Displays a bar graph that indicates the top 10 interfaces (in descending order) with the highest measured traffic values, in terms of the bandwidth usage.

Top 10 Delay - Interfaces

Displays a bar graph that indicates the top 10 interfaces (in descending order) with the highest measured delay.

Devices

Displays a table that lists all the devices in the network and their details (status, host IP address, and the number of device groups that each device belong to).

If you click a device name, you are taken to the Devices page (Configuration > Devices), where you can perform various actions on the device. If you click a device group value, you are taken to the Device Group Configuration page (Configuration > Device Group) where you can perform various actions on the device group.

Status

Device Status

Displays a donut chart that is segmented by the health status of devices (Healthy, Warning, Risk, or No Data).

The integer value at the center of the donut chart indicates the total number of devices in the network. Hover over a segment to view the number (and percentage share) of devices with a particular health status.

Device Group Health

Displays a donut chart that is segmented by device groups.

The integer value at the center of the donut chart indicates the total number of devices in device groups. Each segment on the donut chart represents a device group, while the color of each segment represents the health status (Healthy, Warning, Risk, or No Data) of the device group. Hover over a segment to view the number (and percentage share) of devices in a device group with a particular health status.

Network Health

Displays a donut chart that is segmented by network groups.

The integer value at the center of the donut chart indicates the total number of networks in the network group. Each segment on the donut chart represents a network group, while the color of each segment represents the health status (Healthy, Warning, Risk, or No Data) of the network group. Hover over a segment to view the number (and percentage share) of devices with a particular health status.

Device Groups

Displays separate panels for each device group.

Each panel displays:

  • The number of devices in a device group.

    Click the down arrow beside the device count to see the list of devices.

  • The number of playbooks to which the device group is applied.

    Click the down arrow beside the playbook count to see the list of playbooks.

  • A donut chart that is segmented by the health status for the device group.

    The integer value at the center of the donut chart indicates the total number of devices in the device group. Hover over a segment to view the number (and percentage share) of devices that belong to a particular health status.

To add a device group to the widget, click the Add New Device Group link that appears on the empty panel in the widget. You are taken to the Device Group Configuration page (Configuration > Device Group), where you can add a device group.

Network Groups

Displays a table with the health status for each network group.

Click a network name to view the network properties (such as the number of playbooks and instances for the network) on the Network Configuration page (Configuration > Network Groups).

LSPs

Top LSP Sources

Displays a table that lists the top 10 routers that have LSPs originating there, and the number of originating LSPs, based on LSP count.

Top LSP Destinations

Displays a table that lists the top 10 routers that have LSPs terminating there, and the number of terminating LSPs, based on LSP count.

LSP Summary

Displays a bar graph that indicates the number of primary, standby, and secondary LSPs that are Up (or Active) and Down.

LSP Hop Count

Displays a bar graph that indicates the number of LSPs by hop count, per LSP control type (PCE-initiated, Delegated, and Device-controlled).

Top 10 Traffic - LSPs

Displays a bar graph that indicates the top 10 LSPs (in descending order) with the highest measured traffic values, in terms of the bandwidth usage.

TSDB (Time Series Database)

TSDB Buffer Bytes

Displays a graph with timeline view that indicates the buffered bytes per TSDB node.

Hover your cursor over any time point in the chart to see the buffered bytes per node for that time.

TSDB Buffer Length

Displays a graph with timeline view that indicates the buffer length per TSDB node.

Hover your cursor over any time point in the chart to see the buffer length per node for that time.

TSDB Read Errors Last 5min

Displays a bar graph that indicates the number of TSDB read errors, per node, reported in the past 5 minutes.

TSDB Write Errors Last 5min

Displays a bar graph that indicates the number of TSDB write errors, per node, reported in the past 5 minutes.

Latest TSDB Buffer Length

Displays a bar graph that indicates the TSDB buffer length, per node.