What is the purpose of the VNA Inventory container in Spectrum
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Network Observability
Issue/Introduction
We have devices discovered in Spectrum for SDwan and trying to understand the functionality of the VNA inventory folder:
Environment
Release : 21.2.x 22.2.x
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VNA inventory (container) is just a placeholder for all VNA entities discovered via the VNA integration.
All models (Underlay\Overlay) can be moved to their respective containers based on your needs.
If the SNMP model already exists in a site container it will be reconciled (not populated into the VNA container).
Anything discovered via VNA Integration is placed under SDN Manager Section (these should be left as is)
Anything discovered via VNA Integration is also placed under VNA Inventory Container within the Universe - These can be moved around within the Universe as needed to other Site Containers.
If an SNMP model is already discovered and placed somewhere in the Universe then, it would automatically not show up under the VNA Inventory Universe Container.
So if you are seeing SDWAN Routers in this VNA container verify if they exist anywhere else or not within the universe via Locator Search.
The same would apply to SDWAN Routers they are not displayed. They would already be placed where they belong in the Universe.
If you selected SDN_Manager it would take you to the model within the SDN_Manager tree.
If you run a locator search on a Model once it is returned if you right-click on it and select Location and Select Universe it will take you to where it is located in the Universe (which Container):
*From Spectrum 10.4.2+ SLA Path models are not displayed under the SDN Manager hierarchy. You can use the locater search to find SLA Paths.