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Chapter1:Introduction
UniversalDevicePollers
TheUniversalDevicePollerallowsyoutoeasilyaddanySNMP-enabled
deviceintothelocalmonitoringdatabaseandcollectanystatisticsor
informationthatarereferencedindeviceMIBtables. Usingpollertransforms
availableintheUniversalDevicePollerWizard,youcanalsomanipulate
datacollectedfrommultipleUniversalDevicePollerstocreateyourown
customstatisticsandthenchooseyourowncustomizeddatadisplay.You
mayalsouseNetworkAtlastomapyourUniversalDevicePollers.
IntegratedTrapandSyslogServers
SolarWindsNPMallowsyoutosavetimewheninvestigatingnetwork
issuesbygivingyoutheabilitytousetrapsandSyslogmessagestoaccess
networkinformationfromasingleinterfaceinsteadofrequiringthatyoupoll
multiplemachines.YoucanuseSolarWindsNPMtoeasilysetupalerts
andthenreceive,process,forward,andsendsyslogandtrapmessages.
CoordinatedNetwork,Application,andConfigurationManagement
SolarWindsprovidesacompletenetworkmanagementandmonitoring
solutionwhenSolarWindsNPMisinstalledwithSolarWindsServer&
ApplicationMonitor(SAM,formerlyApplicationPerformanceMonitor,APM),
SolarWindsIPAddressManager(IPAM),andtheSolarWindsNetwork
ConfigurationManager(NCM)integrationtomonitornetworkapplications,
manageIPaddressandsubnetallocations,andmanagenetworkdevice
configuration,respectively.
ExtensibleSolarWindsNPMModules
WithadditionalSolarWindsmodulesNetFlowTrafficAnalyzer(NTA)andIP
SLAManager(formerlyOrionVoIPMonitor)SolarWindsNPMcananalyze
networktrafficandmonitorVoIPandWANtrafficusingCiscoIPSLA,
respectively.NPMmodulessavetimebyleveragingtheexisting
SolarWindsNPMdeploymenttoaddfeaturefunctionalitywithoutrequiring
additionalstandalonesoftware.
WirelessHeatMaps
NPMallowsyoutomonitorandvisualizethewirelesssignalstrengthin
youroffice.CreatewirelessheatmapswiththeNetworkAtlasandaddthem
toyourOrionWebConsole.Wirelessheatmapshelpyouidentifyblind
spotsandlocateyourwirelessclients.
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