The main menu

The main menu button ( ) opens a set of links to the main pages of the Fabric Services System. You can use the main menu to access major features from anywhere within the UI.

The main menu is divided into the following categories:

  • DESIGN, which contains links to pages where you can create and manage Region, Fabric, Workload, and Maintenance intents.
  • OPERATIONS, which contains links to monitor and maintain fabrics.
  • COMMON RESOURCES, which contains links to supporting systems like profiles, the Label Factory, and the hardware inventory.
  • Settings, for managing the system, authentication, and communications.

DESIGN links

Design links consist of:

  • Deployment Regions: this page shows a logical view of the fabrics managed by the system, divided first into regions, and then into smaller organizational units. From this page you can:
    • create, delete, or edit a region
    • open a region to view its topology and other details
    • access the deployment pipeline, from which you can deploy intents previously added to the pipeline
  • Topologies: this page allows you to import manually created topology files, and manage a set of imported topologies. These manually created topologies are useful if you want to design your fabric outside of the Fabric Services System, and is necessary in cases where the nodes within the topology use an operating system other than SR Linux (which curtails the role of the Fabric Services System in configuring such nodes).
  • Fabric Intents: this page shows a list of all fabric intents regardless of state, and includes basic information about each intent. From this page you can:
    • view a list of fabric intents
    • begin creating a new fabric intent
    • open a fabric intent to view its topology and other details
    • duplicate or create a new version of an existing fabric intent
    • manage the edge links associated with a fabric intent, including creating a LAG or configuring a breakout port
    • delete a fabric intent
    • add a fabric intent to the deployment pipeline
  • Workload VPN Intents: this page shows a list of all workload VPN intents, and includes basic information about each intent. From this page, you can:
    • view a list of workload VPN intents
    • begin creating a new workload VPN intent
    • open a workload VPN intent in its own page to view additional details
    • delete an existing workload VPN intent
    • add a workload VPN intent to the deployment pipeline
  • Maintenance Intents: this page shows a list of all maintenance intents, and includes basic information about each intent. From this page, you can:
    • begin creating a new maintenance intent
    • duplicate an existing maintenance intent
    • open a maintenance intent in its own page to view additional details
    • delete an existing maintenance intent
    • add a maintenance intent to the deployment pipeline
    • abort a maintenance intent that is underway
  • Overrides: This page allows you to create special configurations that should be applied to one or more nodes within a fabric. These configurations can contain additional settings not included in the basic configuration that is generated by the overall fabric design.

OPERATIONS links

Operations links consist of:

  • Operational and Health Insights: this page displays a map of configured regions, and allows you to drill down to the fabric and node level to view health status and any deviations for displayed objects.
  • Alarms List: this page displays information about all alarms currently affecting managed fabrics and the objects within them.
  • Logs: opens a separate Kibana tab to show system microservice data, if a Kibana URL has been configured.
  • Traffic Mirroring: This page shows all mirroring instances. From this page, you can:
    • create mirroring sources
    • create mirroring destinations
    • create a new mirroring instance

COMMON RESOURCES links

  • Inventory: this page shows a list of all hardware that the system is aware of. From this page you can:
    • add or delete hardware
    • associate planned nodes with real hardware when available
  • Label Factory: this page shows a list of all labels that are available for assignment to objects displayed in the UI. From this page, you can:
    • create or delete labels
    • see which labels have already been assigned, and to which objects
  • Profiles: this page displays a list of profiles available to the system for each of the following (on separate tabs):
    • Quality of Service (QoS)
    • Access Control List (ACL)
    • Match Groups
  • Policies: this page allows you to customize the severity level for individual alarms.
  • Connect: this page allows you to view the list of Connect deployments and plugins, and to add new deployments and plugins. For more information about this page, see the Fabric Services System Connect Guide.
  • Network Resources: this page allows you to configure shared resources that are available when configuring a fabric intent or workload intent, such as:
    • System IP pools
    • Inter Switch Link IP pools
    • Management IP pools
    • Autonomous system pools
    Note: These IP and AS pools are distinct from the single, default version of each pool that is conrfigured as part of a deployment region.
  • User and Resource Management: this page displays the Fabric Services System user, group, and permissions data.

Settings

The Settings link opens a page from which you can configure some aspects of the system's behavior with regard to:

  • Image Management: an interface for adding the SR Linux images to the system library
  • Software Catalog: a list of SR Linux images currently in the system library
  • Common Application Settings: an interface for managing the image displayed as a map background, and external services.