// Table of Contents
// 01 · No more vtysh
Troubleshooting from the UI
Previously, checking EVPN state or routes meant logging into a node and querying FRR by hand via vtysh. Since 9.1 you get the same picture in the GUI — faster, no console, and available to the whole team.
// 02 · What you can see
Guests, VNets and EVPN tables
- Guests on bridges and VNets — the UI shows all VMs attached to local bridges and SDN VNets.
- Learned IP and MAC addresses — EVPN zones report the entries learned on the network, so you instantly see where a given VM "lives".
- IP-VRF and MAC-VRF — visibility into the key EVPN tables; for VNets the type-2 routes advertised via BGP are shown.
// 03 · Fabrics in the tree
Routes, neighbours and interfaces
Fabrics (the routed underlay) are integrated into the resource tree. For each fabric you see routes, neighbours (routing peers) and the interfaces taking part in route exchange — i.e. the OpenFabric/OSPF protocol state without touching FRR.
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A real shortcut when fixing problems: if a VM "can't see" the network, the UI quickly tells you whether its MAC/IP was learned and whether inter-node routes are correct.
// 04 · Why it matters
Less guessing, faster diagnosis
- Cluster-wide troubleshooting — one place instead of logging into each node separately.
- Audit and transparency — the real state of the overlay is visible, easing compliance evidence and knowledge transfer.
- Lower barrier to entry — the team doesn't need FRR CLI to grasp EVPN state.
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