Network Mapping Tool
with Network Performance Monitoring
Use SolarWinds network mapping tool to easily create custom maps and visual packet paths
Accelerate Troubleshooting With Intelligent Maps to Visualize and Correlate Information in Your Network
The amount of data generated by network gear and fed into monitoring systems, such as SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), can be daunting, especially in complex hybrid environments. How can we recognize the signal from the noise?
SolarWinds Intelligent Maps are a troubleshooting feature displaying a map of physical and logical relationships between entities monitored by the SolarWinds Platform products you’ve installed. Auto-generated or created from scratch, Intelligent Maps can help you quickly isolate and identify critical health and performance issues surfaced by NPM.
Use Intelligent Maps Time Travel to Conquer Intermittent Issues
Sometimes we experience the negative effects of problems in the network after the fact. In the morning, after the weekend, you have some research to do. Intermittent issues can be some of the most challenging to resolve. With time travel, you can see how network gear looked at the time an issue occurred and recreate the site of the issue. Introduced in version 2020.2, Intelligent Maps now has time travel, allowing NPM users to go back in time and visualize how your network looked at the time the issue occurred.
Hop-by-Hop Analysis Along Critical Network Paths
NetPath, a feature in SolarWinds products Network Performance Monitor (NPM), NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA), and Network Configuration Manager (NCM), uses advanced probing to detect the network path (or paths) from a source computer to a destination service, even when traceroute can’t. This hop-by-hop analysis provides deep visibility into critical network paths in a hybrid IT environment. It allows you to visually understand traffic at each node, isolate data latency, perform root cause analysis, and eliminate problems before your users see the issue.
Why Intelligent Maps Are for Everyone
Intelligent Maps is about sifting through the raw data and presenting what matters as information.
It’s easier than ever to create maps in the SolarWinds Platform leveraging data from Network Performance Monitor (NPM) and other modules on the platform. In this session, Technical Content Manager Kevin M. Sparenberg and Product Manager Jeff Blank are going to build up a single map, step by step, to show you how easy, powerful, and effective they can be.
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Network mapping creates a graphical representation of network nodes and the links between them. Network nodes may include routers, switches, firewalls, and other devices. Network topology mapping can be used to produce an overview of a network or just a portion, typically showing the current status and other key pieces of information for all devices connected to the network. Traditionally, network mapping includes both the physical and logical links between networks. A network mapping tool can also use the network discovery feature to search for new devices in the IT infrastructure.
Additionally, network mapping can include a visual representation of packet pathways as they travel between nodes from source computer to their destination. A packet pathway network mapper uses installed probes on managed nodes to measure packet transmission times for each path segment. The mapper can compare this current data to historical data to understand if the bandwidth is normal and highlights any traffic bottlenecks between nodes.
Network mapping creates a graphical representation of network nodes and the links between them. Network nodes may include routers, switches, firewalls, and other devices. Network topology mapping can be used to produce an overview of a network or just a portion, typically showing the current status and other key pieces of information for all devices connected to the network. Traditionally, network mapping includes both the physical and logical links between networks. A network mapping tool can also use the network discovery feature to search for new devices in the IT infrastructure.
Additionally, network mapping can include a visual representation of packet pathways as they travel between nodes from source computer to their destination. A packet pathway network mapper uses installed probes on managed nodes to measure packet transmission times for each path segment. The mapper can compare this current data to historical data to understand if the bandwidth is normal and highlights any traffic bottlenecks between nodes.
Network mapping tools provide critical IT visibility
Network Performance Monitor
Use Intelligent Maps to display physical and logical network links automatically.
Conquer intermittent issues with Intelligent Map time travel.
- Leverage NetPath capabilities to generate in-depth network performance visualizations.
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