In this Part 3 presentation, we will look at some of the final best practices for using SolarWinds IP Address Manager.

1. Leveraging Best Practices for
SolarWinds IP Address Manager
– Part 3
Part 3 – User Delegation, Alerts &
Reports, Top 10 Views
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2. Summary
Best Practices for Using IP Address Manager
» Adding IP Addresses & Subnets
» IP Address & Subnet Management
• Configuring Automatic Subnet Scan
Part 1
• Importing IP Addresses & Subnets from Spreadsheets
• IPv6 Monitoring
• Historical IP Address Tracking
• IP Address Details View
» Adding & Configuring DHCP & DNS servers
» DHCP Management & DNS Monitoring Part 2
• Managing DHCP Scopes on DHCP Server
• Monitoring DNS Servers & Zones
» User Delegation
» Custom Alerts & Reports
Part 3
» Top 10 Views
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3. Agenda
» In this Part 3 presentation, let’s look at some of the best
practices for using SolarWinds IP Address Manager
» 1. User Delegation
» 2. Custom Alerts
» 3. Custom Reports
» 4. Top 10 Views
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4. 1. User Delegation
» SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) allows you to easily define and
use role definitions to restrict user access, in order to maintain security
without limiting your ability to delegate required network management
activities.
» You can define access roles per subnet, group, supernet, DHCP scope or
even individual IP addresses.
» User delegation defines the visibility of Subnets and Supernets and the
choice of actions that can be performed.
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5. 1. User Delegation (Contd.)
» IPAM provides you with the option to select from various IPAM Roles &
Permissions for the selected user login.
 Power User – Read/Write and Initiate Scans
 Operator – Rea/Write Access
 Read Only – Read Only Access
 Hide Access – Restrict All Access
» IPAM Settings >>Accounts >>
Manage Accounts>>”Select User
Login” >> Edit >> IP Address
Manager Settings >> Custom >>
Edit>> “Modify User Roles &
Permissions” >> Submit
This will limit the subnet
and DHCP scopes to be
accessible to and
controllable by only the
selected user logins Modifying User Login Roles and Permissions for Individual Subnets
using SolarWinds IPAM
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6. 2. Custom Alerts
» SolarWinds IPAM enables you to quickly and easily configure powerful
alert engines to respond to hundreds of different scenarios, including
multiple condition checks of your IP address space.
» These alerts include:
 Sending an e-mail or page
 Playing a sound on the Orion Network Performance Monitor server
 Logging the alert details to a file
 Logging the alert details to the Windows Event Log
 Sending a Syslog message
 Executing an external program
 Executing a Visual Basic script
 E-mailing a web page
 Changing the value of a interface or node property
 Playing a text to speech output
 Sending a Windows Net Message
 Dialing a paging or SMS service
 Sending an SNMP trap
 Posting a URL to a web server
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7. 2. Custom Alerts (Contd.)
» IPAM allows you to configure advanced alerts with the following features:
 Sustained state trigger and reset conditions
 Multiple condition matching
 Automatic alert escalation
 Separate actions for triggers and resets
To create a new advanced alert: Click Start on your system > SolarWinds
Orion > Alerting, Reporting, and Mapping > Advanced Alert Manager >>
Click View >> Configure Alerts>> Click New.
SolarWinds Alert Manager
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8. 2. Custom Alerts (Contd.)
» The Manage Alert window displays, providing an array of configurable
alerting options, including trigger and reset conditions, suppressions, and
date and time limitations.
Adding & Managing Advanced Alerts for SolarWinds IPAM
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9. 3. Custom Reports
» Using IPAM’s Report Writer, data can be easily extracted and presented in
a useful format. Report Writer allows you to format your data exactly to
your specifications and preview reports before you display them.
» When you have finished editing your reports, you can use the scheduler
tool to schedule distribution of reports via email and to enable people to
view them through the web console.
» Using IPAM’s advanced reporting functionality you can:
 Access and customize built-in reports to share across your team
 Automate report generation
 Project future capacity needs based on current IP usage
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10. 3. Custom Reports (Contd.)
» To add a new report:
Click Start on your system > SolarWinds Orion > Alerting, Reporting, and
Mapping > Report Writer >> Click New.
» You can choose to customize one of the built-in reports or create new
reports as necessary.
Adding a New Report using SolarWinds Orion Report Writer
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11. 4. Top 10 Views
» You can also leverage the intuitive dashboards and the Top 10 Views from
SolarWinds IPAM to quickly view the IP address utilization, including
DHCP scope and subnet utilization.
Top 10 views in SolarWinds IPAM
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12. 4. Top 10 Views (Contd. )
» All these views are entirely customizable so you can create
your own Top 10 View based on what monitoring metrics you
want displayed on the dashboard.
Top 10 views in SolarWinds IPAM
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13. Key Features & Benefits of SolarWinds IPAM
» Centralized, simplified DHCP, DNS and IP address management (DDI)
» Automated IP scanning to eliminate manual errors and avoid IP conflicts
» Intuitive, web interface for easy-to-use, click-of-a-button management
» Consolidated “at-a-glance” dashboard for quick troubleshooting
» Preventative alerting to ensure subnets and DHCP scopes don’t fill up
» Real-time, graphical top 10 lists to easily view IP space allocation and utilization
» Role-based access control to limit permissions and coordinate team access
» Detailed event recording and activity logs to track who made what change
» Customizable, out-of-the-box templates for fast and flexible reporting
» Historical IP address tracking for trend analysis and IP capacity planning
» Global search feature to track down any IP address in seconds
» Built-in node performance monitoring to ensure DHCP/DNS server health
» Do-it-yourself deployment to be up and running in under an hour!
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14. SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Centralized Management, Monitoring, Alerting & Reporting
Holistic IP Space
Management
Customizable Summary Dashboard in SolarWinds IPAM
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15. Helpful Resources
We invite you to learn more about SolarWinds IP Address Manager
Watch the IP Address Manager
Overview Video
Explore the FEATURES
of SolarWinds IPAM
• No more spreadsheets
• Centralized IP Address
Management
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16. Thank You!
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