Understanding the Build Mode Tasks Pane for Virtual View
The Tasks pane in Build mode contains all the tasks you can do in Build mode. Click a specific task to begin that task.
Network Director enables you to perform the following tasks for devices in your virtual network:
- Virtual Networks Management—You can discover and manage devices that are part of your virtual network using the tasks listed in this section. Table 1 describes the virtual network management tasks.
- Inventory—View and manage the inventory of virtual centers, hosts, and virtual switches that are part of your virtual network. You can also view the port groups that are associated with each virtual switch. Table 2 describes the hypervisor host management tasks.
- Connectivity—Manage network adapter associations. Table 3 describes the connectivity 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.. 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 below 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 1: Virtual Networks Management Tasks
Task | Description | Scope |
|---|---|---|
Manage Virtual Networks | Enables you to modify the VMware vCenter login credentials, set the orchestration mode, delete a VMware vCenter server from Network Director, and resynchronize vCenter configuration with Network Director. | View: Virtual |
Discover Virtual Networks | Discovers supported virtual network vCenter servers in the network and brings them under Network Director management. Hosts and virtual switches are discovered when their vCenters are discovered. | View: Virtual |
View Discovery Status | Displays the status of device discovery jobs. | View: Virtual |
Table 2: Inventory Tasks
Task | Description | Scope |
|---|---|---|
View Virtual Machines | Displays one of the following depending on the scope:
You can select a virtual machine and click Show Connectivity to view the network connectivity between the virtual machine and the host. | View: Virtual View: Virtual > vCenter hostname > Hosts
> host name |
View Virtual Switches | Displays one of the following depending on the scope:
| View: Virtual > vCenter hostname View: Virtual > vCenter hostname > Virtual
Switches |
View Hosts | Displays details of all the virtual hosts that are part of the selected virtual network. | View: Virtual > vCenter hostname View: Virtual > vCenter hostname > Virtual
Switches |
View Virtual Port Group | Displays details of port groups defined for a given virtual switch. | View: Virtual > vCenter hostname > Virtual Switches > Switch host name |
Table 3: Connectivity Tasks
Task | Description | Scope |
|---|---|---|
Manage Network Adapter Associations | Enables you to view and manage the connectivity between a virtual host and the physical network objects (network adapter on a physical switch). | View: Virtual > vCenter hostname > Hosts > host name |
Import Network Adapter Associations | Enables you to import association details, between a virtual host network adapter and the corresponding network adapter on the physical switch, from a CSV file. | View: Virtual |
