Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

The class is offered over 4 consecutive (half) days, and covers all Orion Core functionality and features provided. Students will be able to take what they learn daily and immediately relate it to their production environments. This class provides students with a hands on opportunity to familiarize themselves with the SolarWinds Orion platform as well as all the knowledge required to install, configure and tailor Orion and its modules to build a complete network monitoring and health check system. Students gain experience building maps in Orion Maps and learn best practices for presenting Orion data visually in maps for both business application status and geographic mapping. Students gain experience creating and modifying properties, groups, dependencies, views and custom pollers. Discussion topics include best practices for creating and managing views. Additionally, the Custom Poller training covers SNMP fundamentals of understanding MIBs, OIDs and presenting Custom Poller data in the Orion Web Console.

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Course Days: 4


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About this Course

The class is offered over 4 consecutive (half) days, and covers all Orion Core functionality and features provided.

Students will be able to take what they learn daily and immediately relate it to their production environments.

This class provides students with a hands on opportunity to familiarize themselves with the SolarWinds Orion platform as well as all the knowledge required to install, configure and tailor Orion and its modules to build a complete network monitoring and health check system.

Students gain experience building maps in Orion Maps and learn best practices for presenting Orion data visually in maps for both business application status and geographic mapping.

Students gain experience creating and modifying properties, groups, dependencies, views and custom pollers. Discussion topics include best practices for creating and managing views. Additionally, the Custom Poller training covers SNMP fundamentals of understanding MIBs, OIDs and presenting Custom Poller data in the Orion Web Console.


The 4 (half) days will cover the following topics.

Understanding Orion NPM Server Prerequisites
  • IIS & SQL Server Verifications
Using the Orion NPM Web Console
  • Populating the Orion NPM Node Database
    • Network Discovery
    • Adding and Removing Nodes
    • Editing Nodes
    • Understanding Node Grouping
  • Creating & Managing Web Console Users
    • Defining View Limitations
  • Working with Monitoring Protocols
  • Working with Database Retention & Database Maintenance in NPM
Orion Network Mapping
  • Network Atlas vs Orion Maps
Orion NPM built-in tools
  • Creating and Managing Views
  • Poller Management
    • Universal Device Poller
    • Device Studio Poller
    • Poller Settings
  • Working with Custom Properties, Groups, & Dependencies
  • Perfstack
  • Custom Dashboards
  • Network Insight
  • Reporting and Alerting


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