The network topology map is a map of your entire network at a particular time.

VMware Aria Operations for Networks

constructs this map based on the data collected from all the data sources that are available in

VMware Aria Operations for Networks

and supports network map.

VMware Aria Operations for Networks

does the following actions:

Automatically arranges all the virtual entities in different groups for better management.
Shows the parts of the network affected by alerts so that you can quickly troubleshoot issues.
Allows you to zoom the network map to see additional details such as group name, entity name, details of an entity, and so on.

To see the list of entities and groups of entities available in your network, click

Entities

. All the virtual entities are shown in logical groups. The list of entities can include NSX virtual entities, physical switches, physical firewalls, and so on. For details, see Supported Products and Versions.

To see details about the entities or the groups, click that entity or group. When you click an entity or group, you can see the details of that entity or group and the location of that entity or group in the topology map. You can click () to view more details about that entity and click

Back to summary

to return to the entities list.

You can also search entities or IP addresses in your network using the search bar available in the

Entities

tab. For samples queries, see Search Queries for Entities.

Here are some of the sample search queries that you can use in the seach bar of the

Entities

tab:

Search Queries	Description
device bb-ny-1	Shows devices whose name contains 'bb-ny-1'.
device 'bb-ny-1'	Shows devices whose name is exactly 'bb-ny-1'.
device ny	Shows devices whose name contains 'ny'.
abcd	Shows entities whose name contains 'abcd'.
'abcd'	Shows entities whose name is exactly 'abcd'.
'1.1.1.1'	Shows entities whose manager IP address is 1.1.1.1.
1.1.1.1	Shows all the entities whose manager IP address contains 1.1.1.1. For example 1.1.1.1, 21.1.1.12, or 31.1.1.12.
device where manager = 1.2.3.4	Shows device whose manager IP address = 1.2.3.4.
host switch	Shows a list of host switches.
host switch where name = 'DSwitch-1-localhost'	Shows host switch whose name = DSwitch-1-localhost.
host switch where name like 'vds-switch1'	Shows a list of host virtual switches whose name contains 'vds-switch1'.
interfaces	Shows a list of all interfaces.
interface 'fastethernet0/0'	Shows interfaces whose name contains 'fastethernet0/0'.
interface where mac address = 'c401.1cbe.0000'	Shows a list of interfaces whose MAC address contains 'c401.1cbe.0000'.
interface where name like vlan	Shows a list of interfaces whose name contain keyword vlan.
router interface where ip address = 192.168.10.1	Shows a list of router interfaces whose IP address contain 192.168.10.1.
interface where name like 'ethernet' and start vlan = 10	Shows a list of interfaces whose name contain 'ethernet' and whose VLAN range start from VLAN 10.
router interface where ip address = 192.168.1.0/24	Shows a list of interfaces whose IP address falls within the given subnet 192.168.1.0/24.
00:01:02:03:04:05	Shows a list of interfaces whose MAC address is 00:01:02:03:04:05.
host router	Shows a list of all virtual routers available in all the hosts.
host router where name like 'tier0'	Shows a list of all virtual routers whose name contain 'tier0'
port channel where administrative status = 'down'	Shows a list of all port channels whose administrative status is down.
network device group	Shows a list of all user created groups and auto inferred hosts as groups.

To find paths between specified entities -

In the
Network Topology
section, click
Paths
.
Enter the source and destination VMs , and click
Show Paths
.
Powered off VMs are not supported while performing a path search on the Network Map page. If you manually enter a powered off VM name in the
Source
or
Destination
field, path search will display the
Unknown Source
or
Unknown Destination
error message.

To know more about path search, see Use Advanced Path Search.

VMware Aria Operations for Networks

also supports subnet to subnet path search on network maps.When you click

SHOW PATHS

, the system searches the model of your network available in

VMware Aria Operations for Networks

to find all possible paths matching the search parameters. The results are grouped according to traffic headers. Each traffic header description contains a list of paths that the packets with those headers can follow. There can also be more than one path. For example, you can see multiple paths if your network uses multipath forwarding. You can see a maximum of 25 results in the list. If necessary, you can narrow your search parameters to see all results.

Click

Path N

(N = numerical digit, example: 1, 2, 3, and so on) to see

Path Details

. In the

Path Details

, you can see the forward path, reserve path, hops details and so on.

Following are some sample path search queries: