PRTG Manual: Device Group Category Views
UVexplorer provides two primary views for viewing network discovery results: the device properties view, and the network topology map. To reduce/filter the number of devices presented in these two views network discovery results can be segmented into logical groups. The groups are presented in a navigation pane on the left side of the main view. When a group is selected the devices in the group will be displayed in the 'Devices' and 'Map' views in the center pane.
The 'Devices' tab contains two views: a list of the devices contained in the group, and the device properties of the device selected in the device list. To change the devices in the devices list select a new group or change the members in the group when applicable. To change the device in the device properties view select a device in the device list.
Devices List
The devices list contains a list of all of the devices in the group. The device entries in the list contain common device information to give an overview of the device. Each device also has a context menu that provides access to the network tools, ways to connect to the device, an option to show the device on the map, and an option to delete the device from the discovery results.
Device Properties
The device properties view displays detailed information about the device selected in the device list. See Viewing Device Data for more information.
Each group has an option to display a network topology map for the group. The map will contain all of the devices in the group and lines representing the connections between the devices. See Network Topology Maps for more information.
UVexplorer allows you to define your own groups or use dynamic predefined groups whose membership is based on predefined device criteria. Device membership in predefined groups are determined dynamically based on the predefined criteria and can not be changed. Each predefined group contains a map whose settings can be configured or turned off.
The following groups are available in the Devices, IP-Scope, Wireless, and Virtual pages.
The devices page contains the following device group types:
Categories
Device categories determine group membership based on the category type of the device. Device categories can not be changed. The option to change the whether to display a map for a category
Groups
Device groups are user defined groups. The user device groups are contained in tree that can hold device groups or device group folder. Device group folders allow you to logically organize your user defined groups in a hierarchy.
To create a device group folder right click on the groups tree and select the 'Add Folder' option. A dialog will be opened to allow you to set the name of the folder. To change the name a folder use 'Edit' menu item the folders context menu. To add a folder as a child of another folder right click on the folder and select the 'Add Folder' option. To delete a folder use the folder 'Delete' menu item. When a folder is deleted all of its descendant folders and groups will be deleted as well.
To create a device group right click on the group tree or a group folder and select the 'Add Device Group' option. A dialog containing the settings to configure the membership of the group and the maps topology map layout settings, along with the groups name will be presented. To delete a group use the 'Delete' menu item in the groups context menu. To edit a group double click it or use the 'Edit' menu item in the groups context menu. If the group has dynamic membership the option to add devices to and remove devices from the group will also be available. These options will open a device picker to use to select the devices to add or remove. When adding devices you can only add devices already discovered and present in the discovery result. To add a new undiscovered device use the 'Add Device' option available in the 'Home' ribbon menu.
See Device Groups for more information.
The IP-Scope page contains groups based on the subnets and VLANs available in the network discovery results. A group is created for each subnet and VLAN containing devices in the network discovery result. Subnet and VLAN groups are not persisted and do not support changing the map layout settings.
Wireless groups are predefined groups representing the wireless infrastructure of the network. The groups include wireless controllers, Access Points and Clients. The 'All Core Devices' group contains the wireless controllers and access points and their connections when available.
Virtual groups are predefined groups representing the virtual infrastructure of the network. The groups include virtual hosts, and machines. The groups are also categorized by the supported virtual machine types, VMware and Hyper-V.
