--- title: "Quick Start" canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/NMRI743AG/27984072/Quick%20Start" format: markdown --- > Macro (anchor) > Macro (anchor) > Macro (anchor) The following quick start guide lists common NetMRI tasks. Check the items below for quick introductions to many of NetMRI's key features. | **Task** | **Procedure** | | --- | --- | | View the Network Scorecard and general information about network health | **Network** **Analysis** **–>** **Issues** tab.
- To change the scope, choose a group name in the **Select Device** **Groups** panel. - To view a description of an issue, hover over a hyperlink in the **Title** column in the table. - To view issue details, click a hyperlink in the **Title** column in the table. - To view devices having issues, choose the **Issues by** **Device** tab below the table. | | Set interfaces to administratively Up or administratively Down Set VLAN assignment for a switch interface | **Interface** **Viewer** –> **Settings** –> **Port** **Control** **Settings**. Click **Edit** for each setting. The interface viewer can be found in several different ways, examples include **Network** **Explorer** –> **Inventory** –> **Interface** **Config** or **Network** **Explorer** –> **Inventory** –> **Unused** **Down** **Ports** and clicking an interface link. | | View network performance data | **Network** **Analysis** –> **Performance** –> **History** section (left panel). | | Check the list of scan interfaces | **Settings** –> **Setup** –> **Scan** **Interfaces**. | | View network events | **Network** **Analysis** –> **Events** tab. | | List all devices in the network | **Network** **Explorer** –>**Inventory** –> **Devices** section (left panel) –> **Devices**. | | View all Ethernet switchports managed in the network | **Network** **Explorer** –> **Switch** **Port** **Management **–> **Interfaces** –> **Interfaces** **Present**. | | View a variety of information about NetMRI appliance setup | The **Settings** **Summary** (Settings icon –> **Setup** –> **Settings** **Summary**) provides a variety of information about the NetMRI appliance:
- **NetMRI Configuration: **This panel displays the current **NetMRI** version, model, serial number and license limit settings, and information about Platform, Licensed and Effective limits for the current appliance. - **Network** **Configuration: **This panel displays the **NetMRI** settings as configured during installation. - **MGMT Interface** **Configuration:** This panel displays the configuration settings for NetMRI's management interface. - **SCAN** **Interface** **Configuration:** This panel displays the configuration settings for NetMRI's data collection interface. - **Collector Settings:** This panel displays the status of each collector. Some collectors may be disabled if the required license is not installed. Enable collectors at Settings icon –> **Setup** –> **Collection** **and** **Groups**. - **Module** **Settings:** This panel displays the status of the available NetMRI modules. Enabling any disabled module requires an updated NetMRI license. - **License** **Configuration:** This panel identifies the current license information and provides a hyperlink to a page for updating your NetMRI license. | | View low-level details about a specific device | Click any IP address hyperlink to open the Device Viewer. | | List all interfaces in the network | **Network** **Explorer** –> **Inventory** –> **Interfaces** section (left panel) –> **Interface** **Config**. | | View information about routes, subnets, VLANs, HSRPs/VRRPs, and ports in the network | **Network** **Explorer** –> **Summaries** tab, and then select a category in the left panel.
- To change the scope, click a group name in the **Select Device Groups** panel. - To see details, click a hyperlink in the left panel. - To dig even deeper, click a hyperlink in the center panel. | | View Imported and Exported Route Targets | The **Route** **Targets** accordion in the left panel in **Network** **Explorer** –> **Summaries**. | | Check Network Views and their members | **Settings** –> **Setup** –> **Network** **Views**, and click the network view name. | | Check the list of VRFs and view their information | The **VRFs** accordion in the left panel in **Network** **Explorer** –> **Summaries**. For VRFs in a specific network, click **Settings** –> **Setup** –> **Network** **Views**, and then click the network view name. | | View a graphical map of the network | **Network** **Explorer** –>** Topology** tab, and then select a category in the left panel. | | Compare configuration files between devices on the network | **Config** **Management** –> **Config** **Archive** tab, select a device in the left panel, select two configuration files in the right panel, then click **Compare**. To compare configuration files for two devices, click **Compare** **Second** **Device**, select one configuration file for each device, and then click **Compare**. | | Write scripts and run jobs | **Config** **Management **–> **Job** **Management** tab. | | Quickly find data | Type an IP address, MAC address, device name, vendor, model, software version, or interface identification in the **FindIT** field (in the upper right corner of the main NetMRI page), then press **ENTER**. To view more information about a found item, go to the respective results page and hover over the plus sign. | | Perform diagnostic tests | Click **Tools** on the right-hand side of the main navigation area to open the **NetMRI Tools** window. Then select a diagnostic tool in the right panel. Or you can click **Tools** at the top of the Device Viewer or Interface Viewer. | | Perform administrative functions, such as manage user accounts, and change program settings | Click **Settings** on the right-hand side of the main navigation area to open the **General** **Settings** window. Select an operation in the right panel. | | Get help | Click the **Help** icon on the right-hand side at of the navigation page to launch the help system. Or you can click **Page** **Help** in the title bar of any page to directly access help for that page. |