How do I get a quick view of my network health?

Network KPIs

The Network Health view pulls KPI and alarm information from various NSP components to show you the status of your network equipment and services.

A selection of NE and service KPIs are displayed in dashlets:

• The Network Health KPI is a percentage calculated by dividing the number of healthy NEs by the total number of NEs (healthy, affected, and unreachable). Click on this KPI to go to the Network Elements list.

• The Healthy NEs or Healthy Services KPIs refer to the number of NE or service objects that have no associated components (cards, ports, service sites, service endpoints, or tunnel bindings) that are operationally down. Click on this KPI to go to the Network Elements list or Services list, filtered by the Affected Objects count (set to zero).

• The Affected NEs or Affected Services KPIs refer to the number of NE or service objects that have one or more components that are operationally down. Click on this KPI to go to the Network Elements list or Services list, filtered by the Affected Objects count.

• The Degraded Services KPI refers to the number of services which are functioning, but not entirely as intended. Click on this KPI to go to the Services list.

• The Unreachable NEs KPI refers to the number of NEs whose communication state is set to Partial or Down. Click on this count to go to the Network Elements list, filtered by Communication State set to either Partial or Down.

Information in the Network Health view is refreshed every 30 seconds.

Network monitoring workflow

Use the following dashboard features to expand on your network health investigation:

• List network objects: View all Network Elements for a KPI in the Network Inventory; see How do I list all objects for a KPI?.

• List misaligned services: See How do I list misaligned services?

• List alarms: Investigate alarm KPIs; see How do I check network alarms?.

• View KPI trending: View a graphic plot of a KPI; see How do I check KPI trending?.

• Cross-launch to another GUI: See How do I cross-launch to another GUI?

How does user access control affect objects in the Network Map and Health view?

An operator’s visibility of network equipment is based on user access control settings, which are configured by an administrator. Depending on the access settings for your user account, some equipment may not be visible. Users must have an access level above "none" to NEs and services in order to see view them in the Network Map and Health view. Configuring user access control settings is described in the NSP Network Administrator Guide.