Network Overview

The Network Overview page serves as a centralized dashboard for monitoring, managing, and optimizing network infrastructure. By providing real-time insights into network performance, status, and security, administrators can ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of the network environment.

Listed below are the benefits of the Network Overview page:

  • Comprehensive visibility into network infrastructure and performance.

  • Proactive monitoring and management of network resources.

  • Rapid identification and resolution of network issues.

  • Optimization of network resources and bandwidth utilization.

  • Improved decision-making based on actionable insights and performance metrics.

Note:

The analytics displayed on the dashboard like status and count on Sites and Alerts cards are refreshed every 2 to 5 minutes ensuring the most current information. The last updated timestamp is specified for reference in the bottom left corner of the page.

You can view the following cards on the Network Overview page:

  • Sites—The Sites card displays the top 10 sites that have the poorest health. These sites are sorted in descending order by the percentage of the site seen as having poor health. If there are more than 10 sites, the remaining number of sites are summarized at the bottom of the card. To view all sites and more details, click the expand icon. For more information, see Sites Card.

  • Configuration Health—The Configuration Health card displays the overall network configuration status and health of all devices configured through HPE Aruba Networking Central, including device count grouped by synchronization state. To view the expanded Configuration Health card, click the expand icon. For more information, see Configuration Health Card.

  • Client Health—The Client Health card displays the client health assigned to the connection type in the HPE Aruba Networking Central dashboard. For more information, see Client Health Card.

  • Device Health—The Device Health card displays the health of each device type broken down by health. To view all the device health of all sites, click the expand icon. For more information, see Device Health Card.

  • Alerts—The Alerts card displays the top five alerts that have the most active critical instances. These alerts are sorted in descending order by the number of active critical instances. To view more information on a specific alert, click the alert name. For more information, see Alerts Card.

  • Client Connectivity Metrics—The card provides a comprehensive view of how clients connect to the network, showing the success rate and a step-by-step breakdown of the connectivity process. It helps identify where clients fail during association, authentication, IP assignment, or DNS resolution. For more information, see Client Connectivity Metrics.

  • Insights—The Insights card displays the top five insights to dynamically improve network availability and performance by recommending best practices across all sites, resulting in increased efficiency. If there are more than five insights, the remaining number of insights are summarized at the bottom of the card. To view all the insights and more details, click the expand icon. For more information, see Insights Card.

  • Inventory and Subscriptions—The Inventory and Subscriptions card displays an overview of device distribution and subscription usage in your network. This feature helps you effectively monitor and manage your subscription usage. For more information, see Inventory and Subscriptions Card.

  • Events—The Events card displays aggregated data for all the events that occurred across all sites within a tenant. The event count displayed for a site includes events from multiple device types, such as gateways, switches, access points, and clients. To view all the events, click the expand icon. For more information, see Events Card.