SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) has long been the top choice of IT professionals looking for comprehensive and unified fault, availability and performance monitoring for their environment. But with the release of NPM 10.5 we’re pushing the boundaries of visibility to the next level by introducing route and multicast features previously available only via expensive, complex enterprise solutions. Join us as our technical team takes a tour of these exciting new updates and hear from users like you about their real-world experiences putting the beta to the test.

1. Advanced Network Monitoring with
SolarWinds® Network Performance Monitor
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A Few Notes about Today’s Session
» Welcome from Austin, TX and Brno, Czech Republic
 Michal Hrncirik, SolarWinds Product Manager
 Brad Hale, SolarWinds Product Marketing Principal
» Ask questions!!!
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do our best to cover them all
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3. What’s in Today
» About SolarWinds
» Network Monitoring 101
» Introduction to SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
» Advanced Monitoring Features of NPM v10.5
» Customer Case Study
» Demo
» Licensing and Cost
» ROI
» Q&A
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4. SolarWinds Overview
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Provide enterprise-class network, systems, virtualization, and
storage resource management software that is powerful, easy-
to-use, and affordable
 Rapidly Growing & Highly Profitable IT Management Company
» We sell to businesses of all sizes from SMB to Large Enterprise
» Over 100,000 customers in 170 countries
» More than 450 of the Fortune 500 are customers
» More than one million registered end-users have downloaded our free tools
» Opened APAC HQ in Brisbane in 2010 with offices in Chennai and Singapore
for Engineering, Customer Support, and Sales
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5. Network Management 101
» Why should I care?
 These technologies form the foundation of your entire IT Management
abilities. With a solid understanding of the elements of your
foundation, you can understand what to expect and what might be
missing!
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6. The Roots of Network Management
» ICMP – Are you there?
 Lightweight, low level, near zero impact on the network
» SNMP – How are you doing?
 Data polling and ad-hoc transmission (trap)
» Syslog – News Flash
 Event driven messages for automated analysis of events
 Great for compliance verification
» Windows Management Protocols
 RDP, WMI, WS-Management
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7. Network Management System - NMS
» Hardware and/or software that allows an IT administrator to
monitor and administer the network based on a network
management framework
 Device Discovery, Device Monitoring, Intelligent Alerting
» Network Management Framework
 FCAPS (fault, configuration, accounting, performance, security)
 ITIL – application, service, and security management
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8. Manual vs. Automated
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Router# show ip route
Codes: I - IGRP derived, R - RIP derived, O - OSPF derived,C - connected,
S - static, E - EGP derived, B - BGP derived,* - candidate default
route, IA - OSPF inter area route, i - IS-IS derived, ia - IS-IS, U
- per-user static route, o - on-demand routing, M - mobile, P -
periodic downloaded static route, D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external,
E1 - OSPF external type 1 route, E2 - OSPF external type 2 route,
N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1 route, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type
2 route
Gateway of last resort is 10.119.254.240 to network 10.140.0.0
O E2 172.150.0.0 [160/5] via 10.119.254.6, 0:01:00, Ethernet2
B 172.17.10.0 [200/128] via 10.119.254.244, 0:02:22, Ethernet2
O E2 172.70.132.0 [160/5] via 10.119.254.6, 0:00:59, Ethernet2
O E2 10.130.0.0 [160/5] via 10.119.254.6, 0:00:59, Ethernet2
B 172.30.0.0 [200/128] via 10.119.254.244, 0:02:22, Ethernet2
B 10.129.0.0 [200/129] via 10.119.254.240, 0:02:22, Ethernet2
B 172.80.129.0 [200/128] via 10.119.254.244, 0:02:22, Ethernet2
B 10.10.0.0 [200/128] via 10.119.254.244, 0:02:22, Ethernet2
B 172.60.139.0 [200/129] via 10.119.254.240, 0:02:23, Ethernet2
B 172.90.208.0 [200/128] via 10.119.254.244, 0:02:22, Ethernet2
B 192.84.148.0 [200/129] via 10.119.254.240, 0:02:23, Ethernet2
B 192.168.223.0 [200/128] via 10.119.254.244, 0:02:22, Ethernet2
B 192.44.236.0 [200/129] via 10.119.254.240, 0:02:23, Ethernet2
B 10.141.0.0 [200/129] via 10.119.254.240, 0:02:22, Ethernet2
B 141.140.0.0 [200/129] via 10.119.254.240, 0:02:23, Ethernet2
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9. Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
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» Fault, availability &
performance management
» Automated network device
discovery
» Intelligent network alerting
» Multi-vendor device support
» Do-it-yourself deployment
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10. NPM 10.5 Route Monitoring
» Combines real-time network
route info alongside device
status and performance
» Supports RIP, OSPF, and BGP
» View routing tables, changes
in default routes and
flapping routes
» View router topology in
customizable web interface
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11. NPM 10.5 Multicast Monitoring
» Monitor and alert on
large, complex, IP multicast
topologies
» Display multicast info, route
info, and device info in a
single unified view
» View multicast topologies in
a customizable web
interface
» Generate multicast related
errors
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12. NPM 10.5 Interface Discovery Filtering
» Filter by hardware
type, name, descriptio
n, or VLAN, when
importing new nodes
and interfaces
» Intended to reduce
time and simplifies
the device and
interface discovery
process
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13. Customer Case Study
Leon
Major Health Care Company
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14. Demo
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15. Licensing & Pricing
» Licensing by elements – the largest of the three
 Interfaces, Nodes (devices), or Volumes (disks)
» Example
 1800 Interfaces, 700 Nodes, 600 Volumes
 Monitor all of those with an SL2000
 Up to 2000 interfaces + 2000 nodes + 2000 volumes
» Starts at $2675
 Pricing in USD as of May 1, 2013. Pricing may vary based upon
location and currency.
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16. ROI Calculator
http://www.solarwinds.com/npm-roi-calculator.aspx
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17. Resources
» Download a free fully functional 30-day trial at solarwinds.com
» Videos
 Network Performance Monitor Overview
 Network Route Monitoring with NPM
 Multicast Monitoring with NPM
» White Papers
 Network Route Monitoring with NPM
 Multicast Monitoring with NPM
» ROI Calculator
 http://www.solarwinds.com/npm-roi-calculator.aspx
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18. Summary and Q & A
» Michal Hrncirik, Product Manager
 michal.Hrncirik@solarwinds.com
» Brad Hale, Product Marketing Principal
 brad.hale@solarwinds.com
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Thank you for attending!
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