Technical Documentation

Viewing Managed Devices

You can view operating system, platform, IP-address, and connection status information for all the managed devices in your network. Device information can be viewed graphically or in a table. By default, Junos Space displays thumbnail representations of devices.

Viewing Devices as Graphics

You can view thumbnails, summary information, and detailed information about the devices managed by Junos Space.

To view the managed devices:

  1. From the task ribbon, select the Devices workspace.
  2. From the task ribbon, select the Manage Devices icon.

    The inventory panel displays thumbnails of managed devices by name and IP address.


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    Above each thumbnail, an icon indicates whether the device is connected (up) or down. Table 1 describes the connection status icons.

    Table 1: Device Connection Status Icon

    IconDescription
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    Connection is up—The device is connected to Junos Space and is running properly.

    Note: Before you can update a device from Junos Space (deploy service orders), the device connection must be up.

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    Out Of Sync—The device is connected to Junos Space but the device configuration in the Junos Space database is Out Of Sync with the physical device.

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    Connection is down—Device is not currently connected to Junos Space or an event has occurred, either manually by an administrator or automatically by the flow of a type of traffic, that has stopped the device from running.

  3. You can use the following options to view information about devices:
    • To restrict the display of devices, enter a search criterion of one or more characters in the Search bar and press Enter.

      All devices that match the search criterion are shown in the main display area.

    • To view summary information for a device, click on the thumbnail.

      Junos Space displays device information in the Quick Look panel


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    • To view hardware inventory information for a device, double-click on the thumbnail, or select the device, and click View Physical Inventory from the Actions drawer.

Viewing Devices in a Table

To view configuration and run-time information for devices in a table:

  1. From the task ribbon, select the Devices workspace.
  2. Click the table icon in the filter bar, as shown in the following example.

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    Junos Space displays a table of devices in the inventory panel.


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    Table 2 describes the fields displayed in the inventory window.

    Table 2: Fields in the Manage Devices Table

    FieldDescription

    Connection Status

    Connection status of the device in Junos Space.

    • up—Device is connected to Junos Space.

      When connection status is up, the Managed status is Out of Sync, Synchronizing, In Sync, or Sync Failed.

    • down—Device is not connected to Junos Space.

      When Connection status is down, the Managed status can be None or Connecting.

    Device Family (not displayed by default)

    Device family of the selected device.

    Interfaces

    Link to the view of physical interfaces for the device.

    IP Address

    IP address of the device.

    Managed Status

    Current status of the managed device in Junos Space:

    • Connecting— Junos Space has sent connection RPC and is waiting for first connection from device.
    • In Sync—Sync operation has completed successfully, and Junos Space and the device are synchronized.
    • None—Device is discovered, but Junos Space has not yet sent connection RPC.
    • Out of Sync—Device has connected to Junos Space, but the sync operation has not been initiated, or an out-of-band configuration change on the device was detected and auto-resync is disabled or has not yet started.
    • Synchronizing—Sync operation has started because of device discovery, a manual re-sync operation, or an automatic re-sync operation.
    • Sync Failed—Sync operation failed.

    Name (not displayed by default)

    The device configuration name for the device.

    OS Version

    Operating system firmware version running on the device.

    Platform

    Model number of the device.

    Serial Number (not displayed by default)

    Serial number of the device chassis.

  3. To display columns not shown in the default table view or to hide columns:
    1. Mouse over any column header and click the down arrow. The Device List pull-down menu is displayed.
    2. Select Columns from the pull-down menu, as shown in the following example.

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    3. Select the check box for columns that you want to view. Clear the check box for columns that you want to hide.
  4. You can use the following options to view information about devices:
    • To restrict the display of devices, enter a search criterion of one or more characters in the Search bar and press Enter.

      All devices that match the search criterion are shown in the main display area.

    • To view summary information for a device, click in the row .

      Junos Space displays device information in the Quick Look panel


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    • To view hardware inventory information for a device, double-click on the table row for the device, or select the row for the device, and click View Physical Inventory from the Actions drawer.
    • To view the physical interfaces for a device, double-click on the table row for the device, or select the row for the device, and click View Interfaces from the Actions drawer.

Published: 2010-03-18