Components

  • Updated on Dec 19, 2025
  • Published on Sep 6, 2024
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WHAT TO EXPECT

In this article, users will learn how the Components tab under System Management allows them to edit the description of nodes in the Topology graph. In addition, users will learn how to merge two VM components, or interfaces, as a single element.

Navigating to the Components tab

The Components Tab is located in the System Management page on wXcked Eye. To learn how to navigate there, please review the wXcked Eye System Management article.

Introduction

The Components tab under the System Management page in wXcked Eye lists all the elements displayed in the Topology graph. It is separated into two sections: Components and Virtual Machines.

Components

The Components section is an inclusive list of all VMs associated with the cloudSwXtch (cloudSwXtches, xNICs, and swXtchBriges). In addition, active VMs without an xNIC are also listed if they are sending traffic via SRT, RIST or UDP.

Virtual Machines

The Virtual Machines section is designated for VMs without an xNIC installed. Here, users can manually populate information for these non-xNIC VMs, such as the name, Primary IP, hostname, cloud provider, the operating system, the region, and the instance type.

For more information on how these settings assist in the Topology Graph and Topology Table.

  • Layers Toolbox  in the Topology Graph for information about the Nodes/Components.

The Components page is organized into the following functions:

Working with Components

Components are automatically listed in this table. There’s no way to manually add or remove elements in that list.

Updating Component Name

By default, any element on the UI will be displayed using the hostname. wXcked Eye allows users to change the display name, so a custom string can be used. To change it, select Update Name underneath the Action column. This will open a new page where users can enter information about the element.

PLEASE NOTE

Users can also edit the component’s information directly in the Topology Graph.

Viewing Component’s Interfaces

Clicking on the eye in the Action column will display a small window with the information regarding all the interfaces that the component has.

Working with VMs

VMs can be manually managed by users. A VM can be added, removed, viewed, or edited. But wXcked Eye will also show VMs that appear by interaction. For example, if a VM is sending a UDP stream to a cloudSwXtch adaptor, wXcked Eye will display it with the available information in the Virtual Machines list. That can be seen in the following screenshot in the boxed line:

Since the information is limited to what the adaptor is using, lots of fields are empty in the VM details:

Data can be added and then saved, as in the example below:

Now the VM is listed with the new information that was manually added.

This time, even if the VM stops sending the stream, it won’t be delisted and will simply be displayed as INACTIVE:

Adding a VM

To manually add a VM from scratch, click on the Add VM button in the Virtual Machine section:

In the new window, add all the needed information:

PLEASE NOTE

More interfaces can be added clicking the Add NIC button.

Editing a VM

By clicking on the Edit VM button (a pencil icon), users can change all the information in a window similar to the one that appears when adding a VM (see the example above).

Viewing Interfaces of a VM

Like the Components, users can look at the VMs’ interfaces by clicking on the eye icon.

Removing a VM

To remove a VM from the list, click on the Remove VM button (an X). That will delist the VM from the interface, unless the VM keeps interacting with components in the environment.

Merging Interfaces into a Single VM

Since wXcked Eye cannot distinguish between different interfaces from a single VM, it ends up duplicating the virtual machine in the topology graph. For example:

In this example, there are two different virtual machines displayed as separate nodes in the Topology Graph (172.41.128.42 and 172.52.147.163). However, they are actually the same virtual machine, just different interfaces with separate IPs. This is something that only a user will know.

The Component page allows users to select these duplicated VMs and merge them into a single node. This will display traffic as going to and from the VM.

To merge several VMs, users can follow these steps:

  1. Select the two (or more) VMs to combine and click Combine selected.

  1. This will open a new page with all the information mixed, where users can customize the information for the combined VM.

  2. Under General, set the combined VM’s Primary IP address and assign the VM a name. This will be used in the Topology graph. It is recommended to select a name that explicitly indicates that this VM has two separate interfaces.

  3. Add information regarding the VM’s environment.

  4. Under Interfaces, assign a name to each of the two selected interfaces.

  5. Click Save. The two VMs should now be merged into one, with the primary interface IP set.

  1. Confirm the merge by selecting the eye icon under Interfaces.

    1. This will open a new window, listing the VM’s interfaces.

  1. Verify that the new combined node is visible in the Topology Graph.

    1. Users can also see the component’s information by highlighting the node. Editing is also available and will update the node’s information across the wXcked Eye UI.