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Understand the ExtremeCloud IQ Interface
Read about the ExtremeCloud IQ user interface.
ExtremeCloud IQ is a central management system for configuring and monitoring Extreme Networks devices. This Help system describes the ExtremeCloud IQ GUI and how to use its various configuration and monitoring features. It also includes hardware information about all Extreme Networks devices and appliances with configuration instructions for deploying them.
ExtremeCloud IQ has a streamlined interface that is designed to make monitoring and configuring your devices simpler. Across the top of the window there are main tabs (Onboard, Dashboard, Manage, Configure, ML Insights, and A3.
ExtremeCloud IQ provides multiple ways to configure many of your network components. How and where you configure settings depends on how you want to apply them throughout your network. You can configure settings in advance for easy reuse; from within the network policy workflow; or at the device level where they function as device overrides. See "Configuration Options".
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HHM (Hierarchical HiveManager) allows Extreme Networks channel partners to provide wired and wireless services from a single ExtremeCloud IQ instance. For more information on HHM, see Hierarchical ExtremeCloud IQ Configuration Guide.Main Tabs
The following tabs appear across the top of the ExtremeCloud IQ interface:
Onboard: The Onboard wizard allows you to quickly add new devices to your network (real or simulated). Using this tool, you can assign locations and network policies to your devices as you add them to your network.
Dashboard : The ExtremeCloud IQ dashboard gives you detailed visibility into your wired and wireless network activity. View comprehensive information by application, user, client device and operating system, and a wide variety of other options (see Dashboard).
Manage : The Manage tab provides an overall view of wireless and wired device and client information as well as alarms and events that have been generated on your network. From the Manage window, you can select the Devices, Inventory, Clients, Users, Events, Alarms, Security, Applications, and Toolssub-tabs. See Manage.
: Here you can see and develop your network maps and locations, and monitor your network activity. From the Network 360 Plan sub-tab, create your network hierarchy by importing maps and floor plans. When you onboard real devices and assign a location, the location comes from this network hierarchy. Edit floor plans and place simulated devices for a good indication of how your wireless environment should be constructed and how it will perform (see ML Insights Network 360 Plan). The tab displays detailed information about your network activity (see ML Insights Network 360 Monitor). Check and manage your network health on the Network Scorecard tab (see The Network Scorecard), manage client activity from the Client 360 sub-tab, view analytical data about client activity on the Comparative Analytics sub tab, and gain insight into client type and movements on the Proximity & Presence sub-tab.
A3:
Function Buttons
The following function buttons appear in the top right corner of the ExtremeCloud IQ interface:
Search: Select 
to open a search tool that allows you to search for any string that might be found in device host names, client host names, or application names.
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The search tool does not return a MAC address or an IP address. Manage organizations (Hierarchical HiveManager only): Select 
to view and manage HHM (Hierarchical HiveManager) organizations. See Hierarchical ExtremeCloud IQ Configuration Guide for more information about HHM.
Onboard devices: Select 
to onboard devices.
View alarms: Hover over 
to view a drop-down list of recent alarms. Select View All at the bottom of this list to go to the Manage > Alarms window.
Monitor progress (only when devices are being updated): The 
icon shows the progress of device upgrades.
admin_name: Select 
admin_name to see your current login, and takes you to the account details window, lets you log out, and displays information about the instance of ExtremeCloud IQ, including version and server data.
Configuration Options
You can configure many network components in multiple locations, depending on how you want to deploy the components in your network.
Configuration > Common Objects: Common objects typically consist of a reusable group of settings or components that you create in advance from this location, and then reuse throughout ExtremeCloud IQ. For example, you can create NTP server IP address or host name objects here that will be available when you configure an NTP server profile from inside a network policy. When you modify settings here, ExtremeCloud IQ applies your changes globally, so you don’t have to make changes in multiple locations.
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You can also modify individual object settings from within the network policy or at the device level.Configure > Network Policies > network-policy-name > ….): Use this path to create settings from inside your network policy. If you have not created common objects in advance, it will take you longer to configure your network policy because each object will need to be created from scratch here. For example, while configuring an NTP server profile, you must select Add to add an NTP server because none have been configured from the Common Objects tab. Within this process, you will also need to assign an IP address or a hostname. If you already configured these settings as common objects, they will appear here and can be easily selected. If you did not create these settings ahead of time, you must then enter another Add process to create them here (you can add multiple NTP server host names and IP addresses using this process). When you create these objects from within the network policy workflow, ExtremeCloud IQ saves them and makes them available from the Common Objects section so that you do not have to recreate them every time you need them, and so that you can then apply any changes globally if necessary.
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Objects created in a network policy sometimes have an ON/OFF toggle so that you can enable or disable them within the context of the network policy.Manage> Devices > device-name > ….: Settings that you configure using this path apply only to a specific device, and override all other settings, such as those from the network policy, or from the Common Objects area. For example, you might want to create or assign a new NTP server profile for an individual device with a different geological location from the other devices using the same network policy, so that device uses nearby NTP servers.
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Objects created at the device level—like those created in a network policy—sometimes have an ON/OFF toggle so that you can enable/disable them for a specific device.Use the topic buttons at the top of the Help to find information. The organizational structure of the Help system closely—though not exactly—mirrors that of the ExtremeCloud IQ GUI.
, which is designed to be easily visible when viewed on a tablet or smart phone, appears in the top left corner. If you want to collapse the menu when it is visible, you can select the left-pointing menu arrow
.To search for a key word or phrase in the Help system, enter a word in the search field, and then press ENTER or select . You can also search for an exact phrase by enclosing it within quotation marks.
To search for a word within the currently active topic, use the search tool in your browser. This tool only searches within the active Help topic, not through the entire Help system.
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