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Guardian
User Guide
Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
Network
Network
The Network page gives you access to multiple pages that show nodes, links, sessions in tabular format and graphs and traffic in a graphical format.
Graph
The Graph pages gives a graphical representation of the nodes in the environment.

Guardian
- Introduction
  An overview of Guardian.
- Installation Guide
  Information and resources on how to install Guardian, and the different options and settings that are available.
- Administrator Guide
  Information and resources about the Administration section of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do in this part of the software.
- User Guide
  Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
  - Sensors
  - Alerts
  - Assets
  - Queries
  - Smart Polling
  - Arc
  - Network
    - Network
      The Network page gives you access to multiple pages that show nodes, links, sessions in tabular format and graphs and traffic in a graphical format.
      - Nodes
        The Nodes page lets you view all the network nodes in your environment and perform actions on them.
      - Links
        The Links page shows all the links in your environment.
      - Sessions
        A session is established at a certain point in time, and later turned down. An established communication session might involve more than one message in each direction.
      - Graph
        The Graph pages gives a graphical representation of the nodes in the environment.
        Main network graph
        The main network graph shows a graphical representation of the nodes in your environment.
        Zones/Topology graph
        The Zones/Topology graph shows a visualization of the network topology or zones.
      - Traffic
        The Traffic page shows charts with information about throughput, protocols, and open transmission control protocol (TCP) connections.
      - Graph controls
        A list of the different control options in the graph view.
  - Process
  - Reports
  - Assertions
  - Time machine
  - Vulnerabilities
  - Administration
  - Personal settings
- Maintenance Guide
  Information about the maintenance tasks of Guardian, to help you administer and maintain the solution in a production environment.
- Print format documentation
  A list of all the print-format documentation that is available for Guardian.

Graph

The Graph pages gives a graphical representation of the nodes in the environment.

Each vertex represents a single network node or an ensemble of nodes, while every edge represents one or more links between nodes or node ensembles. Edges and vertices are annotated to provide node identification information, protocols used to communicate between two nodes, and more.

A specific layout format, or a dynamic automatic adjustment algorithm, control the position of the node in the graph. The algorithm ensures minimal overlap and the best readability of the items.

The graph layout menu controls the format of the data represented in the graph. From the menu, you can select the graph type and the node format in the graph.

The Graph page has these main elements:

Information pane

Contains additional information about the node or link selected in the network graph.