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Network, Storage, Load Balancer

Purpose

In Clarity Transform, Network, Subnet, Storage, Load Balancer and Load Balancer Virtual Service are five separate CI types on the CMDB screen, each with its own card. This page covers all five.

A Subnet record has a Network column. A Load Balancer Virtual Service record has a Load Balancer Name column. The virtual IP and the pool members are attributes of the virtual service (Virtual Ip, Pool Name, Members), not of the load balancer. A Load Balancer record holds counts (Pool Count, Vip Count, Member Count), and its vendor is in the Vendor column.

Load balancer records can come from the F5 BIG-IP and NetScaler ADC integrations, whose descriptions say they collect the appliance itself and its virtual servers. Records can also be added on the grid with Create New.

Where to find it

Go to Discover → CMDB, then select the Network, Subnet, Storage, Load Balancer or Load Balancer Virtual Service card in the card strip. Clarity loads that CI type's grid on the same page. There is no separate menu item or page for any of these CI types.

What you see

Network columns

Shown by default:

  • Name
  • Ci Class
  • Ci Type
  • Managed By
  • Integration
  • Address Space
  • Clarity Tags
  • Critical
  • Tags
  • Last Seen

Hidden by default, and shown with Toggle columns: Platform Created On · Created On · Created By · Last Updated By · Last Updated

Subnet columns

Shown by default:

  • Name
  • Ci Class
  • Ci Type
  • Managed By
  • Integration
  • Cluster
  • Host
  • Network Type
  • Vm Count
  • Network
  • Vlan
  • Tags
  • Clarity Tags
  • Last Seen

Hidden by default, and shown with Toggle columns: Platform Created On · Created On · Created By · Last Updated By · Integration Priority · Last Updated

Storage columns

Shown by default:

  • Name
  • Ci Class
  • Ci Type
  • Managed By
  • Integration
  • Capacity Gb
  • Cluster
  • Cluster Name
  • Provisioner
  • File System
  • Is Default Storage Class
  • Free Space Gb
  • Reclaim Policy
  • Https Only
  • Volume Binding Mode
  • Type
  • Scope
  • Tags
  • Clarity Tags
  • Last Seen
  • Last Updated

Hidden by default, and shown with Toggle columns: Criticality · Platform Created On · Version · Created On · Created By · Last Updated By · Integration Priority

Load Balancer columns

Shown by default:

  • Name
  • Ci Class
  • Ci Type
  • Managed By
  • Integration
  • Datacentre
  • Cluster Name
  • Environment
  • Ha Mode
  • Pool Count
  • Vip Count
  • Region
  • Member Count
  • Management Ip
  • Description
  • Firmware Version
  • Clarity Tags

Hidden by default, and shown with Toggle columns: Created By · Created On · Device Role · Last Updated By · Model · Platform · Platform Created On · Serial Number · Vendor · Integration Priority · Tags · Last Seen · Last Updated

Load Balancer Virtual Service columns

Shown by default:

  • Name
  • Load Balancer Name
  • Virtual Ip
  • Virtual Port
  • Protocol
  • Pool Name
  • Pool Algorithm
  • Health Monitor
  • Members
  • Member Count
  • Description
  • Ci Class
  • Ci Type
  • Managed By
  • Integration
  • Last Seen
  • Tags
  • Clarity Tags

Hidden by default, and shown with Toggle columns: Integration Priority · Platform Created On · Created On · Created By · Last Updated By · Last Updated

The Id, Provider Id, Is Deleted and Deleted On columns are not offered in Toggle columns; Export All Fields includes them, on the grids that have it.

Filters

Every column has a filter row, and each grid has a Search: box and a page-size selector (10, 25, 50 or All entries per page).

The grid does not keep its Search: text, column filters, sort order or page size: each time you select the card, it opens sorted by Name (A to Z), 25 rows per page, with no search or filters. If the grid shows fewer rows than you expect, clear the Search: box and the filter row.

Actions

The Network, Subnet, Storage and Load Balancer grids have the same toolbar:

  • Create New, Edit, Remove selected, Clear selection and Reload table data. Create New opens the Create new entry form. Edit opens the Edit entry form for the row you have selected.
  • Enable spreadsheet editing: turns on editing in the grid itself, one cell at a time. Each change is saved as soon as you press Enter or leave the cell. See Edit records in the grid. There is no bulk-edit button.
  • Download menu: Export Visible Fields or Export All Fields. Exports are CSV.
  • Save columns: saves which columns are shown, under a name you choose. It does not save the search, filters or sort order. See Save and reload a column layout.
  • Load columns: shows a saved set of columns again, or the default set (Default (as configured)).
  • Toggle columns: shows or hides columns, with a Search columns box.
  • Validations: turns highlighting of the Mandatory and Suggested fields (set under Field Validations) on or off.
  • Row height: changes the height of the grid's rows.

The Load Balancer Virtual Service grid has a different toolbar. It has no download menu; instead it has:

  • Create New, Edit, Remove selected, Clear selection and Reload table data.
  • Enable spreadsheet editing
  • Export CSV
  • Import CSV: opens the Import from CSV dialog, with Select CSV File and the buttons Cancel and Import.
  • Save columns, Load columns, Toggle columns, Validations and Row height, as on the other grids.

None of the five grids has Display all scopes.... The CMDB page lists how the toolbar differs between CI types.

Each row has a View Details action. It opens a read-only side panel, titled with the CI type, that lists the record's populated fields, followed by Created By, Created On, Last Updated By and Last Updated. Only fields whose columns are shown by default are listed, whatever columns you have turned on. Select the action again, or the panel's close button, to close it.

Forms

For each of the five CI types, the Create new entry form and the Edit entry form have the same fields; the edit form opens filled in. A Search... box at the top of the form finds a field. The fields are grouped in section cards, in the order below. Fields are text unless a type is given. Each form also has a Custom Fields section, with no fields shown. The footer has Cancel and Save.

  • Network, Network Details: Name, Address Space, Critical, Clarity Tags.
  • Subnet, Subnet Details: Name, Network, Vlan, Network Type, Cluster, Host, Vm Count, Clarity Tags.
  • Storage, Storage Details: Name, Version, File System, Https Only, Type, Criticality, Capacity Gb, Tags, Free Space Gb, Clarity Tags.
  • Load Balancer, Load Balancer Details: Name, Platform, Vendor, Model, Firmware Version, Serial Number, Management Ip, Ha Mode, Device Role, Datacentre, Cluster Name, Region, Environment, Vip Count, Pool Count, Member Count, Clarity Tags, Description (a multi-line text box).
  • Load Balancer Virtual Service:
    • Virtual Service Definition: Name, Load Balancer Name, Virtual Ip, Virtual Port, Protocol, Description (a multi-line text box).
    • Backend Pool: Pool Name, Pool Algorithm, Health Monitor, Member Count, Members.

How to

Add a record

  1. Go to Discover → CMDB and select the card for the CI type, for example Network or Load Balancer.
  2. In the toolbar, select Create New. The Create new entry form opens.
  3. Enter a Name, and fill in the other fields you need.
  4. Select Save, or select Cancel to close the form without saving.

Edit a record

  1. On the grid, select the record's row. Select any cell except Name: selecting the Name opens that record's edit form at once.
  2. In the toolbar, select Edit. The Edit entry form opens with the record's values.
  3. Change the fields you need, then select Save.

Find a network, subnet, storage or load balancer record

  1. Go to Discover → CMDB.
  2. Select the card for the CI type, for example Network or Load Balancer.
  3. Type in the Search: box, or enter a value in the filter row of a column such as Name.

List the subnets of a network

  1. Go to Discover → CMDB and select the Subnet card.
  2. In the filter row of the Network column, enter the network's name.
  3. The grid shows only the subnets with that value in Network.

List the virtual services of a load balancer

  1. Go to Discover → CMDB and select the Load Balancer Virtual Service card.
  2. In the filter row of the Load Balancer Name column, enter the load balancer's name.
  3. The grid shows only the virtual services with that value in Load Balancer Name, with their Virtual Ip, Virtual Port and Members.

View a record's details

  1. On the grid, select View Details on the row.
  2. A side panel opens and lists the record's populated fields.

Show a hidden column

  1. On the grid, select Toggle columns in the toolbar.
  2. Find the column, for example Vendor on the Load Balancer grid, with the Search columns box, and select it.
  3. To keep the layout, select Save columns.

Export records

  1. On the Network, Subnet, Storage or Load Balancer grid, open the download menu.
  2. Select Export Visible Fields or Export All Fields.

On the Load Balancer Virtual Service grid, select Export CSV instead.

  • CMDB: the CMDB screen and its card strip.
  • F5 BIG-IP and NetScaler ADC: integrations that collect load balancers and their virtual servers.
  • Field Validations: sets the Mandatory and Suggested fields that Validations highlights.