Edit link details

Each link on the network map carries what Outpost could learn about it: the ports at each end, the media and speed, the VLANs it carries, and whether it is part of a link aggregation. Where Outpost cannot see a fact, or sees it wrong, you can set it by hand. A cable ID you enter appears on the map and in every export, so the drawing matches the labels in the cabinet.

Before you begin

• Reading link details needs discovery:read. Editing them needs network_map:edit.
• Media, speed, link aggregation, and trunk VLANs come from managed switches that Outpost polls over SNMP, and from endpoints’ network adapters. Both need a recent agent. See Where the map comes from.

Open a link’s details

1. On Endpoints > Network map, select a device at one end of the link.
2. Under Links in its details, select the device at the other end.

The Link panel shows the two ends, then:

• Confirmed or Inferred, and the evidence, such as Confirmed by LLDP, Inferred from the switch’s MAC address table, or Inferred from the default gateway.
• Not seen recently when the evidence is more than 7 days old.
• Edited by a technician when one or more facts were set by hand.

Fact	What it shows
Ports	The interface at each end, and the access or native VLAN.
Media	Single-mode fiber, a multimode fiber grade, copper, direct-attach copper, or wireless.
Speed	The negotiated or configured speed, such as 10 Gb/s. Where both ends report one, the faster is shown.
Link aggregation	The port channel and how many member ports it has, such as Po1, 2 member ports. Outpost draws the members as one link.
VLANs	The VLANs a trunk carries.
Role	Trunk, Link aggregation, or Stack link, as Outpost found them, or WAN, VPN, or HA sync on a drawn diagram.
Cable ID	The cable label you entered.
Notes	Your notes. They are not drawn.

None recorded. means Outpost does not know the fact and nobody has set it.

How media is worked out

Outpost reads the transceiver type a switch reports for the port. Long-reach optics such as LX, LR, ER, ZR, and BX are single-mode fiber. SX and SR optics are multimode: OM3/OM4 at 10 Gb/s or faster, otherwise OM1/OM2. BASE-T ports are copper, and CR ports are direct-attach copper. An endpoint’s Ethernet adapter is copper unless it reports fiber, and its Wi-Fi adapter is wireless.

OM5 fiber cannot be told apart from OM3 and OM4 this way. Set it by hand.

Set a link’s details by hand

What you save wins over what Outpost finds, until you clear it. Fields you leave empty keep what Outpost finds.

1. Open the link’s details and select Edit link details.

2. Fill in what you know:

   Field	Enter
   Media	The cable or optic type. Use what Outpost finds leaves it to Outpost.
   Speed (Mb/s)	A whole number of megabits per second, from 1 to 10000000. 1000 is 1 Gb/s.
   Cable ID	The cable’s label as printed on it, up to 64 characters, for example HQ-A01-0042. A TIA-606 style identifier works well.
   Label	Text drawn on the link, up to 200 characters.
   Notes	Anything else, up to 2000 characters.

3. Select Save.

The map redraws with your details, and the link shows Edited by a technician. The details are kept with the link even while it is missing from the map, so they come back if the link does.

To go back to what Outpost finds, open Edit link details and select Clear saved details.

Note

Saving replaces every saved field for the link. A field you clear in the form is cleared on the link.

Verify

The link’s details show your values and Edited by a technician. On the Physical (L1) view, the link’s line follows the media’s color and the speed’s width in your map style.

If something goes wrong

Message	Fix
You do not have permission to edit link details.	Ask an owner to add network_map:edit to your role.
This link is no longer on the map. Refresh the map and try again.	The link went away while you were editing. Select Refresh and open the link again.
Enter a whole number of megabits per second, from 1 to 10000000.	Enter the speed in Mb/s without units.

Next steps

• Set map styles and icons
• Export network maps and diagrams