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title: "Part 2 Switch Port Manager"
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This section describes Switch Port Management, a feature set that provides network administrators with a global view of the enterprise switched Ethernet network, while also enabling drilling down to individual interfaces and endpoint devices. This section includes the following chapter:

- *<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Switch</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984155)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984155)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Port</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984155)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984155)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Management</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984155)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984155)

Switch Port Management also relies on Discovery functionality to acquire a complete inventory of the L2/L3-switched enterprise network. The following chapter provides a complete discussion of how to use Network Discovery:

- *<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Running</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984119/Introduction#Introduction-bookmark91)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984119/Introduction#Introduction-bookmark91)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Network</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984119/Introduction#Introduction-bookmark91)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984119/Introduction#Introduction-bookmark91)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Discovery</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27984119/Introduction#Introduction-bookmark91)</span>*<u> </u>

Switch Port Management also uses several key reports in NetMRI's Reporting feature set, described in the following chapter:

- *<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Reports</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27983889)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27983889)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>and</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27983889)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27983889)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Report</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27983889)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27983889)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Management</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27983889)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NMRI743AG/pages/27983889)