Network Performance Monitor v1.0 (NPM)

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What is the average resource consumption of an agent?

  • A. Less than 1% CPU, no storage because the agent is 1% in memory for faster access
  • B. Between 1-2% CPU if the bandwidth is less than 8 KB/s
  • C. Less than 1% CPU, max 1 MB of memory, 1 MB storage
  • D. Agents run as a virtual process and do not require local resources


Answer : C

A custom poller has polled some results from nodes. Which of the following is a possible reason for NOT being able to show the polled results as charts on the Orion Web Console?

  • A. You did not set the poller to collect historical statistics
  • B. You must use Device Studio to build the poller
  • C. Charts are only supported by out-of-the-box pollers
  • D. The poller is not enabled and assigned to the devices


Answer : C

Which statistic should you use to determine peak network traffic?

  • A. Network latency
  • B. Bandwidth usage
  • C. Packet loss
  • D. Protocol distribution


Answer : B

You want to create an alert that notifies you when packet loss meets or exceeds 50%, but only for a select set of nodes in your network. How do you accomplish this?

  • A. Set the scope of the alert to only apply to nodes to be included in the alert
  • B. Set the alert trigger evaluation to evaluate nodes to be included in the alert
  • C. Create separate SWQL trigger condition for each node to be included in the alert
  • D. Set an alert limitation for the nodes to be included in the alert


Answer : D

Which is the best way to monitor an SNMP metric that NPM is not monitoring out-of-the-box?

  • A. Create a custom poller
  • B. Node Management utility
  • C. Update the SolarWinds MIB database
  • D. Enable CLI polling


Answer : A

You can share with others the PerfStack URL of any troubleshooting project you save.

  • A. FALSE
  • B. TRUE


Answer : B

You want to limit a user to only monitor Windows servers and not be able to view other devices that NPM monitors. How can you do this?

  • A. Account limitations
  • B. View permissions
  • C. Account views
  • D. Alert limitations


Answer : B

What is the most time-efficient way to create a report in NPM that shows the top 50 interfaces by percent utilization?

  • A. Create an interface report and use a filter to restrict to the top 50
  • B. Edit the default top 25 interfaces by percent utilization report and update to the top 50
  • C. Run the default top 25 interfaces by percent utilization report for different timeframes
  • D. Create a new advanced SQL query report


Answer : A

How can you extend NPM’s monitoring to non-standard devices?

  • A. Using OIDs organized in MIBs
  • B. Combining licenses from different products
  • C. Deploying Orion agents
  • D. Polling with non-standard protocols


Answer : A

Which metrics can NPM monitor on an Ethernet switch? (Choose all that apply.)

  • A. Configuration changes
  • B. Buffer misses
  • C. Duplex mismatches
  • D. CPU utilization


Answer : ABC

NPM polls static properties, and calculates bandwidth consumption based on the total amount of _____ coming through the firewall.

  • A. Bytes
  • B. Kilobytes
  • C. Megabytes
  • D. Nibbles


Answer : A

Your network has critical devices on the opposite side of a WAN link from you SolarWinds server. You do not want alerts about the devices if the router (name = “target”) that connects your SolarWinds server to the remote site is down. How do you configure Alert Suppression?

  • A. Suppress alert when all of the following apply: Node Name is equal to “target” / Interface Status is equal to “Warning”
  • B. Suppress alert when any of the following apply: Node Name is equal to “target” / Node Status is equal to “Warning”
  • C. Suppress alert when any of the following apply: Node Name is equal to “target” / Interface Status is equal to “Down”
  • D. Suppress alert when all of the following apply: Node Name is equal to “target” / Node Status is equal ta “Down”


Answer : C

You deploy a new router on your network. What should you do to ensure NPM correctly interprets SNMP traps from the device?

  • A. Verify that NPM is using the correct SNMP community strings
  • B. Contact the router vendor fora firmware update
  • C. Update the MIB database
  • D. Review your firewall rules to ensure the traps are not blocked


Answer : A

You receive traps from your network devices and want to alert on a select message. How do you accomplish this?

  • A. You cannot alert on traps through the Orion Platform
  • B. Configure Syslog alert actions on the Alert Actions tab
  • C. Use Traps in Orion Alerts to configure the default trap alert to fire on the trap message you select to alert on
  • D. Go to the Traps view and configure a new Log Viewer rule


Answer : C

Your team member cannot see any reports in the Orion Console. What can cause this issue?

  • A. The reports are configured with more than one limitation category
  • B. The No Reports limitation is applied to the user account
  • C. The SQL server is on a different system than the SolarWinds server
  • D. The Report Writer is not installed


Answer : B

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