22.2. Description

22.2.1. Tree view tab

Node Browser is accessible through Nodes tab. A default view of the application shows two tabs - Tree view and Accounting. Below them, there is an unrolling, device list and its elements in the form of tree.

In Tree view tab 6 of 13 columns are shown by default. A user can choose which columns wants to see. Their meaning is described below:

Table 22.1. Node Browser - Tree view columns

Column	Description
Name	A name of group, object or item.
State	A current state of the item.
Alarm status	A current alarm status of the item.
State details	Details about a current state of the item.
Community	a result Community for the item.
Last check	Last checking time of the item.

Close the Name column, a green arrow is palced. If you push it, the list with accessible column is unrolled. The Save button saves changes.

Table 22.2. Node Browser - the other columns of Tree view tab

Column	Description
Is passive	It shows if the item is passive or not.
State changed	It shows time of last change of a state.
Last down state	It shows time of last change of DOWN state.
Device address	It shows a main IP address of the device.
Up time	It shows Up time of the device.
System description	It shows a system description of the device.
IP addresses	IP addresses of network interface.

22.2.1.1. Browsing of resources

Monitored resources can be browsed on two ways:

browsing particular items, that are accessed as tree,
searching items per given criterions.

The first metod is easy enough, becasue you can click only the mouse on a list of accessible, monitored items. They should unroll until the smallest one.

The second way allows you to choose monitored items using different criterions of choice, that are accessible by the buttons placed on the top of the application. Thanks Search button, you can search interesting items using additional appearing fields and buttons.

As the first, a list of differnt kinds of monitored devices and item is shown. You can select one kind of item from it. For example, we select Search ping objects from the list.

Close to it, there is a next list of options to choose:

Text – you can give a text name (or its part) of the selected item,
IP address – you can give a IP address of the selected item,
AS number – you can give AS number of the selected item.

In the dialog wiondw, a user writes down a searching text. The next list is the list of states - State. Three options: All, Ok, Critical are set by default. When you choose Advanced button, much more options of state list will show. Advanced button causes appearing Passive state filed, that include a list of states: All, Is passive and Is not passive.

When you select Search managed items option from the list of accesible items, additional list will shown with managed item group at choice. The list of current, defined managed item groups can show as below:

When we give all our criterions of choice and press Search button, date which interesting us will be shown. Add search button allows you to add to the displayed list next items from the list of accessible item groups, i.e. managed items.

Tree view tab allows you to search resources using buttons of its main manu. Their meaning is described below:

Table 22.3. Node Browser - Tree view buttons

Button	Description
	It refresh data browsing by a user currently.
	It allows to search items per using additional displayed field and buttons.
	It displays a list of items at choice.
	It allows to select and unselect items from the list.
	It lets you set alarms.
	It lets you reset the item state to OK value.
	It opens Discover device window in which you can give a domen name of the device or its IP address.
	It lets you print selected data.
	It explores selected data to .csv file.
	It opens a configure window of Tree view tab. It includes options influencing such browsing mode as searching mode of the tab.

22.2.1.2. Additional options of Tree view tab

Additional menu including the other options, is accessible close to the item name. We can see on the picture data of battery status of ups. Both close to ups's name and Battery status item, the green arrows are placed. When you click on the arrow, the menu of options is unrolled. The menu will be displayed with different options for a given item depending on context.

The options of the context menu are described below:

Show only this device – it only shows devices as a result of searching,
Show SNMP Trap report – it shows a report about SNMP Traps for the item,
Show case report – it shows a report about cases for the item,
Set parent... - it opens a window to choose a new parent (a new container),
Show state report – it shows a report about changes of states for the item,
Scan now – it sends a request to scan a new device,
Check now – it sends a request to poll the item of device right now,
Turn passive state on – it sets a passive state for the item,
Add to accouting report – it adds an item to the report about accounting (Accounting tab).

If you click on the item name, in the main view of the application, the window with additional information about it is displayed.

For example, it is a detailed view of the network interface.

For example, it is a detailed view of the managed item.

For example, it is a detailed view of the ping object.

For example, it is a detailed view of the BGP peer.

For example, it is a detailed view of the device.

22.2.2. Accounting tab

Accounting tab shows number of octets (bytes) and packets sending by network interfaces. It allows to count sending data from defined clients. A view of the application is divided on two parts. In the first one, traffic on interfaces is presented and in the second one - traffic to clients.

If you want to add network interfaces to the report about counting of traffic, you should select the item in Tree view tab and Add to accountig report option, that is accessible in menu for a given item. Then, you should choose Accounting tab and give time range or not, but then the application will set time range by default, and it counts traffic on selected interfaces from the beginning of the day. Then, you may press Save button to save changes.

If you choose items for report and time range, you should press Count button.

Data are displayed in particular columns which are described below:

Device – a name of the network device;
Interface – a name of the network interface;
Start – time of the first data which was appeared in selected time range;
Stop – time of the last data which was appeared in selected time range;
Total octets – a number of sent octets of data;
Total packets – a number of sent packets of data;
Total octets (%) – percent share of octets in the sum of all the list;
Total packets (%) - percent share of packets in the sum of all the list;

In the Interface column is button, that displays Selected columns window with columns accessible to show in the main view of the application. Description of the colums which aren't shown by default, is as follows:

Records – a number of accounting records,
Fixed records – a number of fixed, accounting records,
Input octets – a number of input octets,
Output octets – a number of output octets,
Input packets – a number of input packets,
Output packets – a number of output packets,
Input octets (%) - percent share of input octets in the sum of all the list,
Output octets (%) - percent share of output octets in the sum of all the list,
Input packets (%) - percent share of input packets in the sum of all the list,
Output packets (%) - percent share of output packets in the sum of all the list.

Accounting data for clients are placed in the second part of the main view of the application. In this way, you can add selected clients to the list using Configuration tab, and next Customers field. It runs Customer Configurator application, where you'll find lists of clients and their groups. You can choose some client and look its detailed view.

Then, you can select $ icon. The client will be added to the list in Accounting tab of Node Browser application automatically. Then you should press Count button to show results of accounting data for selected clients.

Like in Tree view tab, in Accounting tab, Reload button refreshes a current view of the application, Print button - prints a current view of the application, Export button - exports data to .csv file, and Configure button - sets additional options of the application. If you press the button, the Configure window is displayed and it lets you choose the following values:

Printed units field lets you choose the values: Best units for value, Same values, Kilo, Mega, Giga, Tera;
Number decimal separator field has the values: Dot (.), Comma (,);
Bars field has two options: Show, Hide;
Fix rows containing errors field has two options: Yes and No.