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Network Topology

An interactive map of your switch and server fabric. Switches appear along the top tier(s), servers along the bottom; the layout uses a multi-tier Clos heuristic that minimizes edge crossings.

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What the Map Shows

  • Switches are wide cards with their hostname / chassis-ID and management IP.

  • Servers are smaller cards beneath the switches they connect to.

  • Edges between cards are colored by aggregate link health: each edge represents all physical links between the two devices, with a 4-level scale based on the up / total ratio:

    ColorMeaning
    Green100 % of links up
    Lime≥ 50 % up
    Yellow< 50 % up
    Red (dashed)0 % up (link is fully down)

A legend in the lower-right corner of the canvas shows the current scale.

Expand-on-Click

Click the Expand interfaces badge on any node to switch it into per-port mode — every physical interface becomes a sub-node with its own edge, including down or unconnected ports. This is the fastest way to find a faulty cable.

Toolbar

  • Cluster filter — narrow the map to one fabric in multi-cluster setups.
  • Managed Only / All — toggles whether LLDP-discovered devices are also shown. Discovered (unmanaged) nodes render with a dashed border.
  • Standard React-Flow zoom controls live in the lower-left corner.

A yellow banner flags servers that are registered as agents but absent from the fabric — usually a clue that a NIC link is down or LLDP is not flowing.

Switch Configuration

Click a managed switch to drill into its configuration panel — interfaces, BGP, counters, and the Web Terminal. See Switches for the full feature tour.

Common Workflows

  • "Why is rack 3 slow?" — turn on per-port mode for the involved server, look for yellow / red edges. Drill into the offending switch to inspect counters.
  • "Did we cable the new server correctly?" — find the new node on the map; if it has fewer green edges than expected, you have a cabling mistake or a link that didn't come up.
  • "Is the spine fully connected to every leaf?" — the multi-tier layout makes spine / leaf miss-cabling visible at a glance.