--- title: "Quick Start" canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/NMRIAG732/31326423/Quick%20Start" format: markdown --- > Macro (anchor) > Macro (anchor) > Macro (anchor) The quick start guide (below) 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–>** choose **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: The **NetMRI Configuration** 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. The **Network** **Configuration** panel displays the **NetMRI** settings as configured during installation. The **MGMT Interface** **Configuration** panel displays the configuration settings for NetMRI's management interface. The **SCAN** **Interface** **Configuration** panel displays the configuration settings for NetMRI's data collection interface. The **Collector Settings** 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**.) The **Module** **Settings** panel displays the status of the available NetMRI modules. Enabling any disabled module requires an updated NetMRI license. The **License** **Configuration** 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, 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, **Settings** **–>** **Setup** **–>** **Network** **Views**, and click the network view name. | | View a graphical map of the network | **Network** **Explorer** **–> Topology** tab, 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, 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: In the results page, hover over the plus sign. | | Perform diagnostic tests | Click **Tools** at the right end of the main navigation area to open the NetMRI Tools window. Select a diagnostic tool in the right panel. or Click **Tools** at the top of the Device Viewer or Interface Viewer. | | Perform administrative functions, such as manage user accounts, change program settings | Click **Settings** at the right end of the main navigation area to open the **General** **Settings** window. Select an operation in the right panel. | | Get help | Click the **Help** icon at the right end of the navigation page to launch the help system. or Click **Page** **Help** in the title bar of any page to directly access help for that page. |