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title: "Introducing Network Explorer"
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The **Network** **Explorer** tab displays everything NetMRI learns about the network. **Network** **Explorer** is a good starting point for inspecting the results of a Network Discovery process, viewing the topology of the discovered network, and obtaining information about how the network is behaving in each network segment.

Tabs within **Network** **Explorer** offer different ways to examine network data:

- The **Inventory** tab provides basic information about all active devices, interfaces, operating systems and models in the network, including *virtual* *devices*, which are instances of virtual routers, virtual switches and other types that are supported by selected devices from some networked system vendors. For information, see <span style="color: #0000ff">[*Viewing Network Inventory*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NETMRIAG731/pages/24281273)</span>.
- The **Summaries** tab lists routes, subnets, VLANs, HSRPs/VRRPs, route targets, network views, VRFs and ports in the network. For information, see <span style="color: #0000ff">[*Summarizing Networks*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NETMRIAG731/pages/24281277)</span>.
- The **Topology** tab provides an interactive viewer in which you can visually explore your network's topology and interconnectivity. information, see <span style="color: #0000ff">[*Using the Topology Viewer*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NETMRIAG731/pages/24281267)</span>.
- The **Discovery** tab provides detailed information about NetMRI's discovery processes, including the ability to affect Discovery settings for individual devices, perform/repeat Discovery on a single device, set licensing for a managed device and remove a device from NetMRI management. (For more information on device-related Discovery functions, see the section *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Viewing](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Device](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Discovery](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Status](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[and](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Re-Discovering](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[a](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Device](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark143)</span>*).
- **Switch** **Port** **Management** is a key feature set for compiling, monitoring and controlling the devices, ports and end hosts throughout an enterprise's switched Ethernet network. Consult the topics under *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Switch](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark236)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark236)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Port](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark236)</span>* *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Management](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=TEST&title=_bookmark236)</span>* for many more details.

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**Note:**  If you know exactly what you are seeking, try typing a few characters in the FindIT search box (upper right corner of the main NetMRI page).

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