Documentation forNetwork Configuration Manager
Managing network configurations is a key capability of Hybrid Cloud Observability Advanced and is also available in a standalone module, Network Configuration Manager (NCM). Hybrid Cloud Observability Advanced and NCM are built on the self-hosted SolarWinds Platform.

Find the connected port for a host

You can use NCM to search for currently connected ports on wired or wireless end hosts. This feature requires that you manage both nodes and interfaces involved in the connection.

The information returned is based on the data available in the SolarWinds Platform database as of the last scheduled discovery of network nodes. It is specified at the top of the table in which search results are presented in this form: As of last discovery [MM/DD/YYYY] [HH:MM:SS] [AM/PM].

You can search for connected ports by these node properties:

  • IP Address
  • DNS Hostname
  • MAC Address
  • Port Description

To search for connected ports, complete the following steps:

  1. Click My Dashboards > Network Configuration > Config Summary.

    The widget used to search for connected ports is not available on the new Config Summary dashboard (available in NCM 2022.3 and later). If you are using the new dashboard, create a legacy custom dashboard that includes the Find Connected Port for End Host widget. Then navigate to that dashboard to perform a search.

  2. Under Find Connected Port for End Host, select the Search By filter, and enter a value in the Find field.
  3. Click Edit in the resource header to adjust the columns of data to include in your search results.
  4. Click Find.

Results are presented as rows in a table, one for each connection within the reach of hop of the context node, with the following default columns:

Column

Description

For Wired Devices

Node

Vendor and model of context node

IP Address

Of the context node

MAC Address

Of the context node

Connected Via Interface

On the context node

To This Interface

On a connection point

On This Node

Vendor and model of device supporting the connection point

IP Address

Of a connection point

MAC Address

Of a connection point

For Wireless Devices

Mapped Host Name

Vendor and model of context node

Mapped MAC Address

Of context node

Mapped Device Type

Of context node

Source Interface

Of the wireless access point

Controller Source IP Address

Of the wireless access point

Controller Description

Of the wireless access point

Controller Host Name Source SSID

Of the wireless access point

Source Channel

Of the wireless access point

Source Interface Alias

Of the wireless access point

Source Radio Type

Of the wireless access point

Source Host Name

Of the wireless access point

Source Device Type

Of the wireless access point

Source IP Address

Of the wireless access point