vRealize Network Insight classifies intents as either system-defined or user-defined.
System-defined intents are provided out-of-the-box and you cannot edit or delete them. However, you can clone a system-defined intent to create a user-defined copy, which you can then edit. System-defined intents are enabled by default, but you can deactivate them. vRealize Network Insight allows you to define and configure new intents, which are called user-defined intents. You can edit, delete, and duplicate these intents. You can select individual or multiple user-defined intents to enable or deactivate them.
Periodically, vRealize Network Insight will verify whether each intent is met in your network. If the system determines that the intent’s specified conditions are true at that time, it marks the intent status as Pass. If the intent’s specified conditions are not true, the system raises an alert corresponding to this problem and marks the intent status as Fail. If the alerts associated with an intent are closed or archived, then the intent status becomes Pass
You can access the Intents page from the main left navigation bar. You can view the count of all intents and also count of each individual type on this page. You can click on each count to filter and view the details of specific type of intents.
- Device Health
- Network Health
- STIG
Note: STIG intents are supported for the following devices only:
- Cisco ASA, Cisco ASR 1000, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco ISR 4000, and Cisco Nexus
- Juniper EX and QFX, Palo Alto
You can filter the intents based on the intent type or intent category. You can view the count of alerts raised by each intent, and you can click this count to see the alert details.
You can also view the intent status (Pass or Fail) and the severity (Critical, Moderate, Warning, Info) of each available intent.
You can also search intents in the list based on their names.
