Learn how you can easily add more power, deeper insight, more accurate alerting, and faster time to root cause with snap-in applications from SolarWinds. In this short webcast, we take you through a few of our newest releases and discuss how these products could power up your existing infrastructure. Want to be more proactive? Solve problems faster? Free yourself from routine tasks and focus on more strategic ones? Bring any questions you have about your own infrastructure or product integrations and we’ll help you solve them.

1. New Release Roundup
Powering Up NPM & Other Core Apps
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2. Welcome to Today’s Webinar!
» Your Host
 Chris Jeffreys, Sales Engineer
» Don’t Wait to Ask Questions
 This is an interactive presentation
 Feel free to interrupt and please ask away!
» What We’ll Cover
 Server & Application Monitor 6.0
 Network Configuration Manager 7.2
 VoIP and Network Call Manager 4.1
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3. Server & Application
Monitor
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4. Server & Application Monitor
» Eliminate finger pointing & get to the problem faster with a
single pane of glass
 Group network, application and server elements together
 Use dependencies to understand the relationships between network
and application resources
» Find resource bottlenecks in real time
 With the Real Time Process Explorer you can determine which
processes are CPU & memory hogs & kill them
» Native application support for over 150 applications
 Multi –vendor hardware monitoring – Dell®, HP®, IBM® System
x®, blade chassis
 Create custom application monitors in minutes – wizard drives it so no
scripting! (WMI, SNMP, JMX, VMware®)
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5. What’s New?
» New Features
 Real-Time Event Log Viewer
 Server Asset Inventory
 AppInsight for SQL Server®
 Threshold Baseline Calculator
 Web Based Report Writer
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SAM 6.0 - Real-Time Event Log Viewer
» The Real-Time Event Log Viewer looks and functions similar to
Windows® native Event Viewer
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SAM 6.0 - Server Asset Inventory
» Server Asset & Inventory Collection – Supported Operating Systems
 Windows
 Linux®
 AIX™
 VMware ESX®/ESXi™
» Server Warranty Expiration
 Dell
 IBM
 HP
» Server Warranty Summary
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SAM 6.0 - Server Asset Inventory
» Collects and displays inventory information of server
nodes, including hardware and software items in a new Node
Details subview entitled “Asset Inventory”
» Includes Warranty expiration information for Dell, HP and
IBM servers
» Uses SNMP and WMI, VMware CIM and vCenter API
protocols
» Automatically enabled during Network Sonar Discovery
» When enabled for a node the Asset Inventory subview
appears automatically
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SAM 6.0 – AppInsight for SQL
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» Available via “List Resources” and “Add Node”
Support for:
• SQL 2008
• SQL 2008 R2
• SQL 2012
Nodes Types Supported
• SNMP
• WMI
• ICMP
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SAM 6.0 – Threshold Baseline Calculator
» Key scenario
 Allow for the calculation of recommended warning and critical thresholds
unique to each specific environment from baseline
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Demo
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NCM 7.2
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Why Add NCM?
»Inventory and profile network devices
»Develop and deploy standardized device configurations
»Protect configurations against changes
»Audit configurations for compliance to standards
»Use change controls to manage updates
»Tight integration with Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
»Value – affordable, feature rich, easy to use, low TCO
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What's New in NCM 7.2?
» Device End-of-Life Management
» Device Connection Profiles
» Scheduling Configuration Job
» Configuration Change Approval Workflow Enhancements
» Web UI for Job Management, Configuration Management
and more
» Improved Devices Support (Brocade® and Palo Alto
Networks®)
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Device End-of-Life Management
» What it is it?
 Provides an integrated database of
End-of-Sales (EOS) and End-of-Life
(EOL) dates for Cisco® and Juniper®
devices
 For each device managed by
NCM, view matching service dates
(using fuzzy search)
 Select and Import matching dates
into your device profile
 Add optional custom information
to device profile to manage asset
lifecycle milestones
(e.g., replacement budget
requested, budget
approved, scheduled replacement
date, etc.)
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» Use Cases
 Audit and control annual
maintenance costs
 Prepare financial and resource
requests
 Track critical milestones
» Benefits
 No more spreadsheets. Track vital
details as part of the device profile
 Easier to research EOS/EOL dates
 Saves time and improves efficiency
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Device End-of-Life Management
» Use Cases
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Device Connection Profiles
» What it is it ?
 Defines device logon
criteria (e.g., user
name, password, remote
protocol, port, etc.)
 You apply a Device
Connection Profile to one or
more NCM managed
devices
 You can define multiple
Device Connection Profiles
and use them as needed
 Alternately NCM can also
auto-detect and use the
right connection profile
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» Use Cases
 Standardize device access
» Benefits
 Easier to manage a handful of
connection profiles as opposed to
managing access settings on
hundred of devices
 Standardize device access
 Keep NCM synchronized after
making changes to device settings

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Configuration Job Scheduling
(Template-based)
» What it is it ?
 Create one-time and re-
occurring schedules NCM
template-based jobs
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» Use Cases
 Automate one or more
reoccurring tasks
» Benefits
 Ensure consistency
 Improve efficiency

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Configuration Change Scheduling
(Template-based)
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Configuration Change Approval Workflow
Enhancements
» What it is it ?
 Improvements to the
configuration change
approval workflow
• Approved requests to be
executed at specified
date/time
• Approved requests to be
returned to requestor for
execution
• Requesters can see a history
of what they requested and
was approved
• Approvers can see a history of
what they approved
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» Use Cases
 Allow experienced staff to approve
all change requests before they
are implemented
» Benefits
 Review justification
 Improve accuracy and work to
eliminate error

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Demo
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VNQM 4.1
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How SolarWinds® Orion® Platform
Troubleshoots VoIP
» SolarWinds VoIP & Network Quality Manager (VNQM)
 Provides visibility into call manager logs (MOS, jitter, latency, packet
loss, codec, signaling path)
 Real time monitoring of Cisco MGCP PRI Gateways
» SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
 Detects the VoIP devices (call managers, gateways)
 Displays VoIP related information together with network performance
& topology data
» Integrated into a single web console for one tool
troubleshooting
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How it Works
1. VNQM sends an
alert in the case of
a bad call quality or
failed calls on a call
manager:
2. VNQM summary
page provides
overview
3. Search for
impacted call using
VNQM
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Call Detail View
4. VNQM provides details for each particular phone:
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Call Manager & Gateway View
5. Or Call Manager and Gateway
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Network Performance Data Impacting VoIP
6. NPM’s Node detail (for gateway or CCM) displays network
data and topology:
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Network Performance Data Impacting VoIP
7. Find latency or packet loss spikes on GW or CCM devices:
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Routing Information and L3 Topology
Information
» View the networking problems impacting Gateway traffic like
flapping routes or:
» In this case, connection to router2 may impact all phones in
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What‘s New in VNQM 4.1?
» PRI and PRI Trunk utilization
monitoring
 Real VoIP utilization
monitoring on Cisco MGCP PRI
Gateways
 Detailed data distribution UI
 Trunk utilization charts
 Historical VoIP & data
utilization statistics for
gateways
 Call issues summary per
gateway
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DEMO
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Thank you for attending!
» To get a direct download, ask specific questions
about your environment, and more:
customersales@solarwinds.com
p.s. Remember to renew your maintenance!!!
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