Understand AWS Network Tree

To view and understand the detailed information of your AWS network, complete the following steps.

1. In the Network pane, select AWS > Network Centric View > View by Accounts. The hierarchical view of the AWS data model is organized in this order: Account > Region > VPC > Subnet.
2. Expand an Account node to view the relationship between its child nodes.
   
   

• Transit gateway is listed under regions because it is a regional service that resides within a certain region.
• AWS direct connect gateways are logical components interconnecting VGW and TGW from different regions listed under the account.
• AWS direct connect router is a physical device that resides in certain direct connect locations listed under the region

3. Select an EC2 instance under a Subnet and click the Context Maps tab to view the corresponding L3 topology of the EC2 instance.
   
4. Click the Device Details tab to view the details of the EC2 instance, and the hyperlink will take you to the AWS console directly.