Solarwinds Training

Course Curriculum

 Module 1: Orion Platform and Network Performance Monitor

•  1. Orion Platform Architecture
  •  Application Server Requirements
  •  SQL Server Requirements
•  2. Installation of NPM
  •  Orion Configuration Wizard
•  3. Core Components Overview
  •  Orion Network Sonar Discovery
  •  Orion Basic Polling Methods
  •  ICMP
  •  SNMP
  •  WMI
  •  Optional Windows & Linux Agents
  •  User Accounts
  •  Custom Properties
  •  Orion Groups
  •  Orion Dependencies
  •  Integrated Virtual Infrastructure Monitoring (IVIM)
  •  Syslogs and SNMP Traps

Module 2: Network Performance Monitor cont NPM Overview

• NetPath
•  Network F5 BIG-IP Insight for (LOAD BALANCING)
•  Wireless Monitoring
•  Cisco UCS API Integration
•  Cisco Switch Stack Monitoring
•  Universal Device Pollers
•  NPM Polling Settings and Data Retention

Module 3: Network Configuration Manager

•  Installation of NCM
•  NCM Overview
•  NCM User Permissions
•  Adding Nodes to NCM
•  NCM Connection Profiles
•  NCM Device Templates
•  NCM Jobs and Scheduling Backups
•  Executing Scripts and Bulk Changes
•  Real-Time Configuration Change Detection
•  Compliance Policy Reports
•  End of Sales/End of Support management
•  Cisco Firmware Vulnerabilities Reporting
•  Introduction to Configuration Change Templates

Module 4: Server and Application Monitor; Alerting; Reporting; Maps; View Customization’s

•  Installation of SAM
•  SAM Overview
•  1. SAM User Permissions
•  2. AppInsight Templates for Microsoft SQL Exchange and IIS
•  3. Windows Scheduled Task Monitoring
•  4. Understanding SAM Component Types
•  5. Managing Application Templates and Assigning Monitors
  • Orion Alerting Overview
    •  1. Web-based Alert Engine
  •  Orion Reporting Overview
    •  1. Orion Report Writer application
    •  2. Web-based Report Engine
  •  Orion Maps
    •  1. Network Atlas and Wireless Heat Maps
    •  2. Worldwide Map Resource
  •  Orion View Management
    •  1. Custom View Creation
    •  2. NOC View Designs

Module 5: IP Address Manager; Virtualization Manager (VMAN)

•  Installation of IPAM
•  IPAM Overview
•  1. IPAM User Permissions
•  2. Importing Subnets and IP Addresses
•  3. DHCP Management
•  4. DNS Management
  •  Installation of VMAN
  •  VMAN Overview
    •  1. Adding Hyper-V Vcenter and ESX host to VMAN
    •  2. Azure Monitoring and polling using VMAN
    •  3. AWS Monitoring and polling using VMAN
    •  4. Optimizing VM Resources