SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor

An essential guide for installing, implementing, and calibrating SolarWinds Orion NPM.

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

By: Joseph Dissmeyer and Joseph Dissmeyer

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|Jan 2025

E-Book €41.99Institutions €130.95

Description

An essential guide for installing, implementing, and calibrating SolarWinds Orion NPM.

Key Features

Master wireless monitoring and the control of wireless access points
Learn how to respond quickly and efficiently to network issues with SolarWinds Orion NPM
Build impressive reports to effectively visualize issues, solutions, and the overall health of your network

Book Description

Orion Network Performance Monitor is a scalable, easy-to-use, cost-effective network monitoring system that provides a complete overview of network environments by monitoring performance and availability. Orion NPM enables you to be proactive in detecting, diagnosing, and resolving network issues and outages and has the benefit of supporting hundreds of types of server, OS, and network vendors including Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Linux, Motorola, Brocade, Foundry, and more.Orion NPM is a well-known product and is used by thousands of public and private companies, educational institutions, and government entities for network monitoring. In "SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor" you will learn how to install, implement, and manage Orion NPM to ensure you maintain an efficient, healthy, and performant network.In this book you will start with an overview of the constituent features of Orion NPM. Leading you through installation and configuration this book will help you set up a flexible and dynamic monitoring solution.With Orion NPM in place the book will then take you on a journey through essential Orion NPM and network monitoring concepts and practices. You will cover device management, learning how to use the Network Sonar Wizard, as well as adding devices manually.Turning from novice to pro, you will then be introduced to the core of network monitoring with Orion NPM. You will learn about monitoring Windows and Linux solutions as well as Virtual Servers. You will then master wireless networks and virtual networks. You will then learn how to set up and edit alerts to make network monitoring more efficient and less time-consuming. You will also learn how to develop reports and network maps as well as essential administrative techniques.

What you will learn

Quick installation and calibration of SolarWinds Orion NPM
Develop attractive and informative network reports
Essential maintenance processes and best practices
Efficient network monitoring techniques
Create responsive and flexible alerts
Configure and manage Orion NPM so that it suits your network's needs
Calibrate Syslog Server and SNMP Traps for best effect
Understand and monitor Virtual Server hosts and Hypervisors

Who this book is for

This book is for systems administrators, system analysts, and systems engineers who are tasked with installing and implementing a network performance monitor. Knowledge of basic network concepts is required.

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PDF ISBN: 978-1-84968-849-9

Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited

Publication date: 2025

Language: English

Pages: 336

Related subjects:

Computer sciences,

Networking

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