Practical Training for SolarWinds NPM, NTA, NCM & WPM

Gns3 is a graphical network simulator that emulates Cisco IOS and Juniper Junos. Design, test, and troubleshoot networks without physical hardware, with cost efficiency and VM integration.

Diagnose lab connectivity in Gns3 by verifying firewall status, matching subnets, and ensuring vlan membership. Power on routers and switches first, then firewalls, and start servers to restore reachability.

Compare the lightweight trial install with a single server and SQL Express to the standard install with separate Orion and SQL Server, which improves performance but requires SQL Server licensing.

Install the lightweight Orion installer in a VM with SQL Server Express, then uninstall SolarWinds via the command prompt using the installer path rather than Programs and Features.

Install SQL Server on premises, create the Orion database, then install the Orion console in standard mode and connect to the server by IP and instance name.

Configure SolarWinds Orion using the configuration wizard to set up SQL database, IIS settings, and services; test authentication, create a new database, and discover devices in the console.

Learn how SolarWinds NPM detects, diagnoses, and resolves network issues in real time, with hardware monitoring, an infrastructure map, and wireless performance metrics for access points, controllers, and clients.

Discover how snmp enables monitoring of devices across a tcp/ip network, with 1–3 versions, 32-bit or 64-bit counters, authentication, encryption, and community strings.

Understand how Windows management instrumentation enables detailed monitoring of Windows systems, offering properties, events, and methods. Compare WMI with SNMP, noting Windows-only support and higher overhead.

Identify object identifiers and MIB files, see how unique IDs address device status, and apply the universal device poller to monitor uncommon devices with custom values.

Configure a Cisco switch for SNMP by setting VLAN 1 IP and SNMP community, then add the device to SolarWinds NPM, run discovery, and monitor CPU and memory.

Perform network discovery in SolarWinds Orion, add devices by IP range or AD synchronization, configure SNMP credentials, import nodes, and monitor interfaces, disks, and memory.

Browse a node added to NPM to inspect its status, hardware health, CPU, memory, latency, and topology, including service tag, last poll, IPs, and interface details.

Learn to monitor a Windows server in Orion using the NPM module, enabling snmp, configuring a read-only community, testing connectivity, and selecting resources like status, response time, and CPU/memory.

Configure snmp on FortiGate and Mikrotik firewalls, setting community public, host IP address of the Orion server, enable snmp agent, select queries and traps, and specify trap targets and generators.

Customize the Orion web page by adding, removing, and arranging widgets with drag-and-drop on multiple dashboards, including network, interfaces, and quality of experience elements.

Learn to create and configure a universal device poller (UnDP) in SolarWinds NPM, monitor SNMP devices, map oids, test results, and display charts and history.

Configure smart alerts in SolarWinds Orion by creating threshold-based rules with actions like email or http requests, set evaluation frequency and severities, and assign responsible teams for clear, actionable notifications.

Create an alert for interfaces labeled critical with transmit percent utilization above 75%, using SolarWinds alert management, and configure paging or sms, email, status changes to critical, and escalation.

Use quality of experience (QoE) to determine if issues come from the network or the application. Deploy network and server packet analysis sensors to monitor response times and specific apps.

Configure netpath in SolarWinds NPM by deploying probes to monitor end-to-end paths from source to destination. Assess latency, packet loss, hub performance, and visibility beyond the firewall.

Explore wireless concepts in SolarWinds Orion, including heat maps, network atlas creation, floorplan scaling, and managing access points and clients across Cisco and other vendors.

Use perfstack performance analysis to monitor CPU, memory, and response time across devices. Access via dashboard or specific device, drag metrics with real-time polling, and share or save views.

Explore the Orion console reports, including preconfigured and custom reports, schedule delivery as PDF, web page, or email, and edit, save, and organize favorites.

Explore how SolarWinds high availability ensures near-zero downtime by automatic failover of polling and alerting to a secondary Orion server, with optional cloud failover and customizable rules.

Deploy a high availability SolarWinds NPM setup by installing a second Orion server, creating a high availability pool with a virtual IP, and enabling failover.