All those alerts create noise that make it difficult to find the real problem, and they could even make it hard to see other legitimate alerts. Normally, NPM would send one alert for each unreachable node connected to the core switch – even though the root cause was a single failure. A large number of alerts can be generated when a core device, like a switch or firewall, fails. “Group dependencies” is a useful new feature designed to prevent alert flooding. Once maps have been created, it’s simple to tell NPM to display that map on the dashboard.ĬonnectNow helps to automate network diagrams, for fast network mapping. For example, an admin could use floor-by-floor building map to track status of all of their switch stacks. Users can add their own custom backgrounds. Simply drag and drop devices onto the network map, then click the ConnectNow button, and NPM will automatically map connections between all of those devices. It would be nice to see that happen, especially for things like alerting that most admins use every time staff changes.ĬonnectNow is a new feature that helps to automate network mapping.
In the past, SolarWinds has told us that this is a hold-over from earlier versions of the product, and that they intend to move everything to the web-console over time. For some tasks you’ll still need to log in to your server and use the old Windows application – for instance when configuring alerting. Some components are still not fully integrated into the web console. On the downside, there are still some flaws in the UI. “Hop count” allows control over how far NPM will scan beyond the source subnet, allowing you to limit the range of your scan.ĭrill down to detailed information on interfaces, like bits in/out.
For starters, configure the scan to search a specific subnet, or even just a single address. Next, add devices to the monitor by running network discovery.īy logging in to the web-console admins can configure SNMP settings, and then kick off the discovery process.ĭiscovery has several configurable options. If IIS isn’t installed, you’ll be prompted to exit the NPM setup and install IIS before proceeding. Just make sure that your server has IIS installed before you kick off NPM setup. It’s easy to deploy the new version of NPM.
Drag-and-discover, real-time performance charts for key stats.Update: Since we last reviewed Solarwinds’ NPM a plethora of updates have been added to the latest versions including: In this article we’ll take a closer look at the newest version (10.4) with an in-depth evaluation.
In our Network Monitor Tools Comparison Guide, we declared SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor 10 (NPM) the king of the ring against five other competitors.
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