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Network Performance Monitor

Network Monitoring Software

Multi-vendor network monitoring software for improved network performance and issue resolution

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Use key features of network monitoring software

Network performance monitoring

SolarWinds® Network Performance Monitor (NPM) offers the key features admins need from their network monitoring software. Automatically discover network paths and nodes through ICMP, SNMP, and WMI protocols, and gain an overview across devices and vendors. Drill down further into monitored nodes, track key performance metrics, and view details using configurable charts and graphs. The platform offers essential tools for effective network monitoring, including network mapping, a syslog and SNMP trap server, and a universal device poller. NPM includes the Quality of Experience (QoE) dashboard, configurable advanced alerting, and easy report creation and sending.

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Discover network devices and perform streamlined monitoring

Network observability for deeper network management

SolarWinds network monitoring software makes it simple to perform effective monitoring across a global network. NPM automatically discovers most network devices and prompts you to monitor discovered nodes.

See performance metrics for autonomous access points, wireless controllers, and clients, and quickly start monitoring interfaces for downtime and other performance issues. Use NetPath™ for visualization of node-by-node network mapping and troubleshooting.

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Customizable metrics and features for deeper analysis and monitoring

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While SolarWinds network monitoring software offers powerful built-in default settings, most features are customizable according to your team’s requirements. Easily track and view the metrics most relevant to your network. Configure drag-and-drop charts and graphs—for instance, use cross-stack network data correlation across a visual timeline for root cause diagnosis. Configure grouping and dependencies to suit your network environment, customize visual features like network maps, and adjust delivery methods and thresholds for optimal network alerting and reports.
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Efficient mapping, reporting, and alerting

NPM auto-updates maps for additional contextual insights, and with NetPath analysis, you can monitor critical services with a clear hop-by-hop analysis of network infrastructure. Create device-level and global network maps to gain visual overviews of performance and traffic across devices and apps. Easily view path changes and historical context, both on-premises or in the cloud.

NPM offers a powerful alert engine with well-designed default network alerts plus the option to create custom triggers for hundreds of scenarios. Choose from 16 built-in delivery methods, like SMS, email, SMNP traps, or external app launching.

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Comprehensive monitoring coverage

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With the integrated NPM web console, you can monitor nearly every type of network feature from virtually any location. Monitor routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, servers, and other SNMP-enabled devices with platform-enabled monitoring on-premises, in the cloud, and across hybrid environments. With Network Insight™ for Cisco Nexus, Cisco ASA, and F5 BIG-IP, admins can view critical devices across multiple vendors, including virtual infrastructure. Scale to increase polling frequency or add up to 12,000 elements per polling engine.
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Get More on Network Monitoring Software

Do you find yourself asking…

  • What is network monitoring, and why is it important?
  • What is network monitoring software, and how does it work?
  • How can network monitoring software help optimize networks and troubleshoot issues?
  • What types of network devices can NPM discover and monitor?
  • Does NPM monitoring software also provide network data analysis?
  • Can I extend NPM network functionalities to bandwidth analysis, network configurations, and IP management?

Network monitoring provides visibility across a business network. With fast, in-depth insights into the full range of network devices and services, admins can better manage network connectivity and troubleshoot issues.

This process is critical for ensuring network availability and optimizing performance across any business network. With effective network monitoring, admins can proactively strategize to prevent disruptions and respond quickly to issues affecting end-user experience.

Network monitoring software is a professional IT automation tool for discovering, mapping, analyzing, and managing a business network. Network monitoring software provides an overview of hardware usage and performance metrics to help maintain optimal connectivity.

The software monitors network access, routers, firewalls, and switches while measuring key performance indicators such as CPU utilization and more. Additionally, network monitoring software generates critical alerts and reports for additional oversight of your network.

Software like NPM enhances network monitoring with mapping, data correlation, advanced alerting, and more. NPM offers NetPath for visual traceroute mapping and performance metrics tracking across managed nodes, displaying data through easy-to-use charts and graphs.

Admins need network monitoring software to perform proactive troubleshooting, gain context and insights, and prevent business disruption. By utilizing at-a-glance overviews and detailed updated data, IT pros using network monitoring software can head off network issues to help ensure optimal availability and end-user experience.

NPM makes it easy to scan your network, discover devices, and rapidly begin monitoring all typical network device types, including routers, firewalls, and switches.

Discover and monitor vendor devices, including Cisco ACI devices, Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco Nexus devices, Cisco SwitchStack, F5 BIG-IP load balancer, Palo Alto firewalls, EnergyWise devices, Azure V-Nets and V-Net Gateways, and more.

Discovery: The NPM discovery process includes a few potential scanning options. You can scan based on IP range or subnets or scan directly for IP addresses not falling in a range. You can also scan an Active Directory domain controller, which is convenient for adding large subnets. Discover VMware vCenter or ESX Servers version 4.0 and later, using the Virtualization panel.

Monitoring: You can use NPM’s Network Insight features to assess the health and performance of your API-, SNMP-, and WMI-enabled devices. To use SNMP, enable it on the devices you’d like to monitor. Another option is WMI, usually enabled by default on Windows devices and used for WMI polling. You can also extend monitoring to cover non-standard devices using object identifiers (OIDs).

NPM provides network data analysis using PerfStack™ for cross-stack data comparison. PerfStack’s ability to compare and correlate data makes it easier to find problems and fix them more quickly.

With the PerfStack dashboard, you can drag and drop disparate data types onto a single timeline, so performance metrics from multiple sources are viewed all in a single chart. For additional insights, compare various network data types for fast issue analysis and incorporate system, virtualization, database, and storage data.

Because PerfStack offers a centralized timeline, you can start with the knowledge of when an issue arose on your network and use data analysis to discover where the problem occurred. The dashboard allows for visual correlation for at-a-glance ease of use, including collaboration between teams.

With NPM network monitoring software, you can easily integrate other SolarWinds network products to cover your IP address management, bandwidth analysis, and network configuration needs. When combined with NPM’s dashboards, you’ll have comprehensive, powerful insights across your network.

IP Address Manager (IPAM): built to automate the IP address tracking process, provide integrated DHCP, DNS, and IP address management, and enable IP troubleshooting, alerting, and reporting capabilities.

Network Configuration Manager (NCM): designed to automate your network configuration process, making it easier to make bulk changes to wired and wireless devices.

NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA): made to capture and proactively analyze all bandwidth traffic across your network. With this bandwidth monitoring software, you can discover traffic patterns, create alerts, and prevent bandwidth hogs.

  • Network monitoring provides visibility across a business network. With fast, in-depth insights into the full range of network devices and services, admins can better manage network connectivity and troubleshoot issues.

    This process is critical for ensuring network availability and optimizing performance across any business network. With effective network monitoring, admins can proactively strategize to prevent disruptions and respond quickly to issues affecting end-user experience.

  • Network monitoring software is a professional IT automation tool for discovering, mapping, analyzing, and managing a business network. Network monitoring software provides an overview of hardware usage and performance metrics to help maintain optimal connectivity.

    The software monitors network access, routers, firewalls, and switches while measuring key performance indicators such as CPU utilization and more. Additionally, network monitoring software generates critical alerts and reports for additional oversight of your network.

  • Software like NPM enhances network monitoring with mapping, data correlation, advanced alerting, and more. NPM offers NetPath for visual traceroute mapping and performance metrics tracking across managed nodes, displaying data through easy-to-use charts and graphs.

    Admins need network monitoring software to perform proactive troubleshooting, gain context and insights, and prevent business disruption. By utilizing at-a-glance overviews and detailed updated data, IT pros using network monitoring software can head off network issues to help ensure optimal availability and end-user experience.

  • NPM makes it easy to scan your network, discover devices, and rapidly begin monitoring all typical network device types, including routers, firewalls, and switches.

    Discover and monitor vendor devices, including Cisco ACI devices, Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco Nexus devices, Cisco SwitchStack, F5 BIG-IP load balancer, Palo Alto firewalls, EnergyWise devices, Azure V-Nets and V-Net Gateways, and more.

    Discovery: The NPM discovery process includes a few potential scanning options. You can scan based on IP range or subnets or scan directly for IP addresses not falling in a range. You can also scan an Active Directory domain controller, which is convenient for adding large subnets. Discover VMware vCenter or ESX Servers version 4.0 and later, using the Virtualization panel.

    Monitoring: You can use NPM’s Network Insight features to assess the health and performance of your API-, SNMP-, and WMI-enabled devices. To use SNMP, enable it on the devices you’d like to monitor. Another option is WMI, usually enabled by default on Windows devices and used for WMI polling. You can also extend monitoring to cover non-standard devices using object identifiers (OIDs).

  • NPM provides network data analysis using PerfStack™ for cross-stack data comparison. PerfStack’s ability to compare and correlate data makes it easier to find problems and fix them more quickly.

    With the PerfStack dashboard, you can drag and drop disparate data types onto a single timeline, so performance metrics from multiple sources are viewed all in a single chart. For additional insights, compare various network data types for fast issue analysis and incorporate system, virtualization, database, and storage data.

    Because PerfStack offers a centralized timeline, you can start with the knowledge of when an issue arose on your network and use data analysis to discover where the problem occurred. The dashboard allows for visual correlation for at-a-glance ease of use, including collaboration between teams.

  • With NPM network monitoring software, you can easily integrate other SolarWinds network products to cover your IP address management, bandwidth analysis, and network configuration needs. When combined with NPM’s dashboards, you’ll have comprehensive, powerful insights across your network.

    IP Address Manager (IPAM): built to automate the IP address tracking process, provide integrated DHCP, DNS, and IP address management, and enable IP troubleshooting, alerting, and reporting capabilities.

    Network Configuration Manager (NCM): designed to automate your network configuration process, making it easier to make bulk changes to wired and wireless devices.

    NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA): made to capture and proactively analyze all bandwidth traffic across your network. With this bandwidth monitoring software, you can discover traffic patterns, create alerts, and prevent bandwidth hogs.

"SolarWinds is an all-in-one solution. We don't need to install different servers for different packages. It provides easy installation, easy maintenance, easy monitoring by NOC and end-users of NOC. SolarWinds tools have more features than other tools. We have done POC for many, and we are satisfied with the SolarWinds performance."
Tejas Pachchigar
Team Lead - Network and Security
Essar Group

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