Understanding the Build Mode Tasks Pane for Datacenter View

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

Datacenter Management—Create and manage data centers by using the tasks listed in this section. Table 169 describes the Datacenter Management tasks.
Connectivity—Manage NIC associations and view the connectivity of a data center. Table 171 describes the Connectivity tasks.
Inventory—View and manage the inventory of virtual machines (VMs), overlay networks, hosts, VTEPs, and virtual switches that are part of your data center network. Table 170 describes the Inventory tasks.
Discovery—Refresh the topology discovery and view the status of device discovery job by using the tasks described in this section. Table 172 describes the Discovery tasks.
Key Tasks—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. 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.

Tables Table 169 through Table 172 describe the tasks that you can perform in the virtual network category, including the scope in the View pane that you must select to access the task.

Table 169: Datacenter Management Tasks

Task	Description	Scope
Setup Datacenter	Enables you to create a data center.	View: Datacenter Object: My Datacenters > Datacenter Management
Manage Network Infrastructure	Enables you to select, add, and remove network devices to a data center.	View: Datacenter Object: Data center name > Datacenter Management
Manage Cloud Infrastructure	Enables you to add a cloud infrastructure to a data center. You can also modify, delete, or resynchronize the cloud infrastructure. For a VMware vCenter-based cloud infrastructure, you can set the orchestration mode for the data center network.	View: Datacenter Object: Data center name > Datacenter Management
View Cloud Discovery Status	Displays the status of cloud infrastructure discovery jobs.	View: Datacenter Object: Virtual Networks > Virtual Network Management
Rename Datacenter	Enables you to rename the selected data center.	View: Datacenter Object: Data center name > Datacenter Management
Delete Datacenter	Enables you to delete the selected data center. This task deletes the virtual networks that are discovered as part of the data center creation and removes the association of devices that are part of the data center. The devices itself are not deleted from Network Director.	View: Datacenter Object: Data center name > Datacenter Management
IP Connectivity	Enables you to configure the L3 routing protocol for a data center.	View: Datacenter Object: My Datacenters > Datacenter Management
View Datacenters	Enables you to view details about the data centers that are created in Network Director.	View: Datacenter Object: My Datacenters > Datacenter Management

Table 170: Inventory Tasks

Task	Description	Scope
View Virtual Machines	Displays details of all the VMs that are part of the selected data center. Select a VM and click Show Connectivity to view the network connectivity of the virtual machine to the physical network.	View: Datacenter Object: Data center name > Inventory
View Overlay Networks	Displays details of all the VXLANs that are part of the selected data center. Note: This task is available only for Openstack+NSX-based cloud infrastructure.	View: Datacenter Object: Data center name > Inventory
View Virtual Switches	Displays details of all the virtual switches that are part of the selected virtual network. Note: This task is available only for vCenter-based cloud infrastructure.	View: Datacenter > vCenter hostname Object: Virtual Networks > Inventory
View Hypervisor Servers	Displays details of all the hyperhosts that are part of the selected data center.	View: Datacenter Object: Data center name > Inventory
View Baremetal Servers	Displays details of the bare metal servers that are part of a data center. Network Director automatically discovers bare metal servers that are part of your data center network.	View: Datacenter Object: Baremetal Servers > Inventory
View Inventory	Displays information about all the devices in the selected object and all its child objects.	View: Datacenter Object: Network Devices > Inventory
View VTEP	Displays the virtual tunnel end points for the selected data center.	View: Datacenter Object: Data center name > Inventory

Table 171: Connectivity Tasks

Task	Description	Scope
Manage NIC Associations	Enables you to view and manage the connectivity between a virtual host and the physical network objects (network adapter on a physical switch). Manual associations that you create using this task is only used for performing orchestration. Note: This task is available only for vCenter-based cloud infrastructure.	View: Datacenter Object: My Datacenters > Connectivity
View Connectivity	Displays the graphical connectivity of various devices within the selected data center.	View: Datacenter Object: Data center name Connectivity
Manage IP Connectivity	Displays the autonomous systems configured on the different devices in a data center.	View: Datacenter Object: Data center name Connectivity

Task

Description

Scope

Manage NIC Associations

Enables you to view and manage the connectivity between a virtual host and the physical network objects (network adapter on a physical switch).

Manual associations that you create using this task is only used for performing orchestration.

Note: This task is available only for vCenter-based cloud infrastructure.

View: Datacenter
Object: My Datacenters > Connectivity

View Connectivity

Displays the graphical connectivity of various devices within the selected data center.

View: Datacenter
Object: Data center name Connectivity

Manage IP Connectivity

Displays the autonomous systems configured on the different devices in a data center.

View: Datacenter
Object: Data center name Connectivity

Table 172: Discovery Tasks

Task	Description	Scope
Refresh Topology	Refreshes the topology discovery. This task also refreshes the device connectivity.	View: Datacenter Object: My Datacenters > Discovery View: Datacenter Object: Data center name > Discovery
View Topology Discovery Job	Displays detailed status of the discovery jobs.	View: Datacenter Object: My Datacenters > Discovery View: Datacenter Object: Data center name > Discovery

Task

Description

Scope

Refresh Topology

Refreshes the topology discovery. This task also refreshes the device connectivity.

View: Datacenter
Object: My Datacenters > Discovery

View: Datacenter
Object: Data center name > Discovery

View Topology Discovery Job

Displays detailed status of the discovery jobs.

View: Datacenter
Object: My Datacenters > Discovery

View: Datacenter
Object: Data center name > Discovery

Understanding the Build Mode Tasks Pane for Datacenter View

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