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Group Navigator

In Group Navigator, you can browse network devices and interfaces in a hierarchical structure and check performance metrics in real time. Drill down in the order of Site icon Site → Building icon Building → Floor icon Floor → Device icon Device → Interface icon Interface, and visualize traffic, status, and error information for each level.

In Group Navigator, you can monitor network status in real time through the following tasks.

  • Navigate quickly to a desired location

  • Check device and interface status summaries for each hierarchy level

  • Analyze traffic and error metrics in detail for devices or interfaces

Basic screen and settings

Set query conditions in the top option bar of the Group Navigator screen, and select monitoring targets in the left panel.

Time selection

In the top option bar Time selection, you can set the query time range.

Pause icon LIVE mode refreshes data every 5 seconds and allows queries for up to 31 days. The default live range is 1 hour.

Select Manager

In the top option bar Select Manager, select the NMS manager that collects data to check performance metrics.

Group Selection

The Group Selection panel allows you to navigate the hierarchy in a tree structure: Site icon Site → Building icon Building → Floor icon Floor → Device icon Device → Interface icon Interface.

ItemDescription
— Collapse allCollapse the entire tree
+ Expand allExpand the entire tree
Panel open icon /Panel close iconClose/open panel

Breadcrumb navigation is displayed. The path of the selected node is shown at the top. Click each path to navigate to a higher level.

  • Example: Site A > Building 1 > Floor 2 > Device-001
Note

The current selection position is saved as a URL parameter (nodeKey) and can be bookmarked or shared.

Group level summary

ItemDescription
DevicesTotal number of devices within the selected scope
InterfacesTotal number of interfaces within the selected scope
Group cardShows the number of devices/interfaces per subgroup; click to drill down into that group

Checking device status and traffic information

When you select a specific device, you can check the status and traffic information of the interfaces belonging to that device.

NMS group-navigator

Filter options

You can toggle the Hide Logical Interfaces and Hide Unused Interfaces options in the upper right of the screen.

ItemDescription
Hide Logical InterfacesHides logical interfaces such as VLAN and Loopback from the list; shows only physical ports (ethernetCsmacd, fastEther, etc.)
Hide Unused InterfacesHides interfaces with no traffic during the query period from the list
Note

Filter settings are saved in the browser and retained for the next session.

Interface summary panel

ItemDescription
TotalTotal number of interfaces
Link UpNumber of interfaces with active links
Link DownNumber of interfaces with disconnected links
Admin DownNumber of interfaces disabled by administrator
Note

Click each status count to display a detail list modal. The modal shows a list of interfaces with that status.

Charts

Chart nameDescription
Peak Throughput Interface (Time Range)Interface with the highest traffic during the query period and its trend; click to navigate to that interface
Peak Throughput Interface (Current)Interface with the highest traffic at the current time and its trend
Total ThroughputOverall device traffic trend (Line Chart)
Throughput (Inbound / Outbound)Inbound/outbound traffic trend per interface; color-coded per interface (Stacked Line Chart)
Inbound by InterfaceComparison of inbound traffic per interface (Horizontal Bar Chart)
Outbound by InterfaceComparison of outbound traffic per interface (Horizontal Bar Chart)

Interface Status

ColumnDescription
StatusInterface status icon (Connected icon Connected, Link down icon Link Down, Admin down icon Admin Down, Unavailable icon Unavailable)
InterfaceInterface name and ifIndex
Link StatusLink connection status (up/down)
Admin StatusAdmin status (up/down)
InboundInbound traffic (Kbps)
OutboundOutbound traffic (Kbps)
Inbound PPSInbound packets per second
Outbound PPSOutbound packets per second
UtilizationBandwidth utilization (%)
Error RatioError ratio (%)
Max Link SpeedMaximum interface speed
Interface TypeInterface type (e.g., ethernetCsmacd)
Last Seen TimeTime of last data received

Analyzing interface performance metrics

When you select a specific interface, you can check detailed performance metrics for that interface.

NMS group-navigator

Interface information

ItemDescription
ifIndexInterface identification number
Link StatusLink status badge (Link Up / Link Down / Admin Down)
AdminAdmin status (UP/DOWN)
OperOperational status (UP/DOWN)
SpeedInterface speed (e.g., 1Gbps)
TypeInterface type (e.g., ethernetCsmacd)

Charts

Chart nameDescription
Throughput (Inbound / Outbound)Inbound/outbound traffic time-series graph (Stacked)
Packets Per Second (In/Out)Packets per second time-series graph
Errors (In/Out)Inbound/outbound error occurrence trend

Statistics cards

CategoryItemDescription
Total ThroughputCurrent / Max / AvgCurrent, maximum, and average values of total traffic (Kbps)
Inbound ThroughputCurrent / Max / AvgInbound traffic statistics
Outbound ThroughputCurrent / Max / AvgOutbound traffic statistics
PPS InCurrent / Max / AvgInbound packets per second statistics
PPS OutCurrent / Max / AvgOutbound packets per second statistics
Error InCurrent / Max / AvgInbound error statistics
Error OutCurrent / Max / AvgOutbound error statistics