SolarWinds SCP-NPM SCP Network Performance Monitor (NPM) Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

You want to create an Orion Map that shows the connections between your on-site devices and your servers in the Cloud. You can see the connections between all of the devices on site, but do not have visibility to the connections to your cloud servers.

How do you resolve this?



Answer : A

Orion Maps can automatically display the connections between the devices that are monitored by NPM, based on topology data, manual dependencies, or application dependency mapping. However, if some of the devices are not monitored by NPM, or the connections are not detected by any of these methods, you can manually configure the connections between them in Orion Maps. To do this, you need to drag and drop the desired devices from the Entity Library to the map canvas, and then use the Connect tool to draw lines between them. You can also edit the connection properties, such as name, type, and status, to customize the appearance and behavior of the connections.Reference:Create and edit Intelligent Maps,Connect objects on maps manually,Intelligent Maps for SolarWinds Platform products


Question 2

How does NPM calculate capacity usage trends?



Answer : D

Capacity usage trends are calculated based on historical data. By default, the longest time period taken into account for calculating the capacity forecast is 180 days. The more historical data up to 180 days are available, the more precise is the calculated forecast. Forecast calculation methods include peak calculation and average calculation, which can be set globally or customized for individual objects. Capacity forecasting is available for nodes, interfaces, and volumes that meet certain requirements, such as being managed in NPM and having enough historical data in the database.Reference:Monitor capacity usage trends on the network and forecast capacity issues in NPM,Forecast capacity for nodes, interfaces, or volumes in NPM,Real-Time Network Monitoring Tool


Question 3

Users report that NPM performance is slow when managing devices through the Orion Web Console. You verify the SNMP trapping is responsible for the poor performance. How do you resolve this issue?



Answer : B

SNMP traps are unsolicited messages sent by network devices to report events or issues. If NPM receives too many traps from devices that are not managed by NPM, or traps that are not relevant for monitoring, the performance of the Orion Web Console can be affected. To resolve this issue, you can point the devices to a trap manager, such asKiwi Syslog Server, and configure it to filter out unwanted traps before forwarding the remaining ones to the Orion Platform. This way, NPM will only process the traps that are important for monitoring and alerting, and reduce the load on the database and web server.Reference:Configure SNMP traps in NPM,Filter traps in Kiwi Syslog Server, [Forward traps to another host in Kiwi Syslog Server]


Question 4

How do you assign users access to select reports?



Answer : B

To assign users access to select reports, you can use custom properties and account limitations to restrict the scope of data that users can view and report on. Custom properties are user-defined fields that you can assign to monitored objects, such as nodes, interfaces, or applications. Account limitations are rules that you can apply to user accounts to filter the network data that users can access and view. By using custom properties and account limitations together, you can create granular and flexible report access for different users or groups. For example, you can create a custom property called Department and assign it to nodes that belong to different departments in your organization. Then, you can create an account limitation based on the Department custom property and assign it to users who only need to see and report on the nodes in their own department.Reference:How to create different Orion Support Users and assign them different properties in NPM,Define what users can access and do in the SolarWinds Platform


Question 5

You run a Network Discovery and discover devices that you do not want to monitor. What feature can you use to exclude those devices from future discoveries?



Answer : D

The Discovery Ignore List is a feature that allows you to specify the IP addresses or hostnames of the devices that you do not want to monitor or discover in the future. You can add devices to the ignore list manually or automatically during the discovery process. Once a device is added to the ignore list, it will be skipped by any subsequent discovery. You can also remove devices from the ignore list if you change your mind and want to monitor them later.Reference:Add devices to the Discovery Ignore List in NPM,Remove devices from the Discovery Ignore List in NPM,How to View Devices on Your Windows Network and What to Do If You Can't See Them


Question 6

Half of your objects in a nested map are down, but the top level map is up. What is the cause?



Answer : C

Map status thresholds determine how the status of a map is calculated based on the status of its child objects. If you set the map status threshold to above 50%, it means that the map will be up if more than half of its child objects are up, regardless of the severity of the down objects. This can cause a situation where half of your objects in a nested map are down, but the top level map is up, because the top level map only considers the status of the nested maps, not the individual objects within them. To avoid this, you can lower the map status threshold to a value that reflects the desired level of availability for your network, or use custom map status thresholds to specify different values for different maps.Reference:Set map status thresholds in NPM,Create nested maps in NPM,How to map through a deeply nested array of objects?


Question 7

How can you ensure the trigger actions you set on an alert will work?



Answer : C

When you create or edit an alert, you can test the trigger and reset actions by clicking Simulate next to the action you want to test. This will execute the action regardless of the trigger condition. You can also select an object to resolve any variables you have used in your action. For example, if your action is to send an email with the node name and status, you can select a node to see how the email will look like. This way, you can ensure the trigger actions you set on an alert will work as expected.Reference:Test alert triggers and actions in the SolarWinds Platform,How to Create Intelligent Alerts with NPM,How alerts work.


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