ReView Home Page
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The Home page is the initial page displayed while in ReView. Here, prompts , dashboard tiles show current discovery progress, inventory, scan to-do list, and visualization tools for your network. Links will be displayed to set up initial configuration and Discovery discovery steps to start using the scanning tool. Follow the provided links to start discovering your network inventory.
Navigation
To navigate through ReView, click the tabs and sub-tabs at the top of the application. The major tabs are:
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Home (House Icon) - The Home page is the initial page displayed while in ReView. Here, prompts will be displayed to set up initial configuration and direct to initial scanning steps.
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Discovery - The discovery tab is first step to identifying network resources to add to your inventory. Here, you can use configuration files, paste text configs, or use automated scanning options to identify devices to use for Discovery. Available discovery / device identification options include: DHCP, DNS, Firewall, Generic Config, mDNS, Load Balancer, Ping Scan, RIR, Router Configs, SNMP, ARP, and SSDP.
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To-Do List - The To-Do list identifies and marks neighboring devices encountered during router discovery scanning, and lists them for future scanning.
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Inventory - The Inventory tab displays an organized list of all discovered netblocks, IPs, sources, and their associated metadata. Here, for each netblock you can view RIR, Source, CIDR, use status, IPs found, total IPs, IP utilization, and start/end address.
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Analyze - The Analyze tab interprets the IP inventory data found during Discovery, and determines valuation of free IPv4 space based on the current network structure.
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Planning - The Planning tab continues where the Analyze tab leaves off, implementing an advanced sorting / packing algorithm to determine the steps necessary to free up as much contiguous space as possible. It then shows the additional potential value that may be achievable if the recommended steps are followed.
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Getting Started
When you first open ReView, take a look at the links available on the Home page.
Demo data is available for you to explore the features and visualizations of ReView prior to importing your own network data.
If desired, open settings to customize your appearance to light mode, dark mode, or system-based.
Workflow:
When you are ready to start scanning, we recommend proceeding in the following order:
1) Network Discovery & Scans
Where: Home; Discovery Tab; To-Do List
The best place to start is using the RIR Scan on the Discovery tab. Enter an IP (or use the default public IP found), click “scan”, and it and will query ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC, and AFRINIC for officially allocated IP resources.
Next, identify sub-blocks and hosts by supplying Router Configs or DNS Zones, or by scanning ARP tables or scanning DHCP leases files.
Additional options under Discovery include items such as Firewalls, Load Balancers, SNMP, SSDP, and even a “Generic Config” option for other non-supported devices.
Data may be provided either by uploading config files (Note: Must be either .zip or .tar files) or by pasting the configuration text.
Check the To-Do List to perform Ping Scans
If neighboring devices are encountered during an SNMP, SSH, Config, or Ping scan, they are added to the To-Do list and flagged for later user review and scanning to complete network segments.
2) Review and Update Inventory Status
Where: Inventory Tab
During discovery scanning, found netblocks, ips and sources will be added to the Inventory page for review.
You may manually add additional blocks, update or change block status, add attributes, ignore blocks, or add sources from this area.
Confirm the use status for the netblocks / IPs in inventory - the use status (unknown, in use, free, ignored) will determine whether the block is sellable and optimization strategy steps.
3) Analyze Inventory and Get Suggested Plans
Where: Analyze Tab
After discovery scans and any necessary inventory review is complete, proceed to the Analyze tab. The tab will display an estimated value of your public IP space based on the current inventory. It can be used to identify areas where your network can be made more efficient. Suggested plans may be saved for later review.
If any change occurs in the data, click on "Reinitialize" to refresh the analysis.
4) Review Plans and Export
Where: Planning Tab; Export Tab
The Planning tab shows the potential value of saved plan strategies, and the configuration differences for each plan.
If desired, you may navigate to the Export tab to prepare a report on the state of your network and email it to both you and to Hilco.
UI Overview
Settings
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Click the settings icon at the top right of the navigation bar to open ReView settings.
Appearance Options
ReView supports light and dark themes according to your system settings. You may choose between light mode, dark mode, or based on system settings.
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Cache - clearing the cache clears all application data, including removing the database, preferences, credentials, and temporary data.
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IPv4Global. You may also download a PDF report, or upload your data into 6connect ProVision.
Next Steps:
Continue on to the Discovery section for to start scanning your network.