The global search box is available on the Catalyst Center Global Manager home page. It supports searches based on MAC address, platform, software version, and IP address. You can use it to search for these categories:

• Devices

• Endpoints

• Applications

• Sites

• Users

For instance, from the Catalyst Center Global Manager home page, click the global search bar at the top right to search for devices, endpoints, and so on. You can enter or type the hostname strings of the devices to search across the controllers.

You do not need to enter the complete hostname. For example, type Core to view all devices with Core in their names. Then, click on More results... to expand the list of devices. After that, select any device from the list to access more detailed information. Press the Return or Enter key to initiate the search, because the autosearch feature does not work. The matching search results appear on the left panel.

Click Device 360. The Cross Launch dialog box appears. Then click Confirm to go to the device 360 page for that device from the controller where the core-01 devices are located.

You can do the same thing for other search categories: Enter the name or IP address of the client to get a list of network devices or clients with that name.

Click one of the clients to go to the Client 360 page of the client in the controller.

Note

In addition to the cross-launch feature, global search provides various functionalities, including viewing the device name, serial number, connected Catalyst Center or controller, version number, and more. This applies to applications, endpoints, and other elements as well.