Home Page & Getting Started

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Last updated: Oct 26, 2023
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ReView Home Page

 

The Home page is the initial page displayed while in ReView. Here, 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 steps to start using the scanning tool.

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 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.