About the Demands Tab (Planner)
On the Demands tab of the network table (Planning > Networks > Offline Models > Model-Name > Open), view the information about demands in your offline network.
Demands represent unidirectional traffic flow between a pair of nodes that need to be routed with specific constraints and performance goals. Demands are created when you want to analyze the traffic between the nodes.
Tasks You Can Perform
You can perform the following tasks on the Demands tab:
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Download—To download demands-related data to your local system, click Download. The data is downloaded to your local system as a comma-separated values (CSV) file.
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From the More list, you can perform the following tasks:
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View details of a demand—To view the details of a demand, you can do one of the following:
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Select a demand on the table and click More > Show Details.
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Hover over a Demand row in the table and click the Details icon.
The Demand - Demand-Name page appears. You can view basic information such as ingress and egress nodes and their IP addresses and bandwidth of the demand.
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Add demands to the network model—Click + to add new demands. For more information see Create a Demand (Planner).
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To perform common actions such as filtering using advanced filter criteria and resetting preferences, see Network Table Overview.
| Column | Description |
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Name |
Displays the name of the demand. |
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Device A |
Displays the device at which demand enters. |
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Device Z |
Displays the device at which demand exits. |
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IP A |
Displays the IPv4 address of the interface from which device A sends traffic. |
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IP Z |
Displays the IPv4 address of device Z interface that receives traffic. |
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Bandwidth |
Displays the traffic rate (bps) associated with the demand. |
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Record Route |
The Record Route is used to record the path that the demand traverses. It includes the IP address and/or router or node ID of each node in the path. |
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Description |
Displays the description that you added at the time of demand creation. |