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NA Solarwinds Installation (Benefits (Loop1 (Can help with design,setup…
NA Solarwinds Installation
Servers Required
Orion Poller NCM, NTA, NPM
Number of licensed nodes/interfaces
Identify essential equipment first
Has integrated syslog server
WebUI can be broken out if performance becomes an issue
Orion SQL server
SQL Express is all that is needed
Hosted on NHC4 SQL Cluster
NTA Server
No License
Netflow's directed here
Modules
Netflow Traffic Analysis (NTA)
Collects and processes Netflow Data
All devices will have to have SW added as a Netflow collector.
This is truly one of the most important pieces of the SW modules
Network andTtraffic analysis
Traffic forensics allow us to justify bandwidth upgrades
Bandwidth by user,application,IP group
Multi-Vendor support
Can monitor WLC traffic
Network Configuration Monitor (NCM)
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Unused License - expires 11/17
Mass Network Changes
Device Config Backups
Quick recovery if fault should occur
Uses different Markup language
Large library of tested and available configurations
Multi-Vendor Support
Cannot accommodate Zero touch deployment
Compliance reporting far beyond Cisco Prime's ability
SmartNet Integration (Life Cycle Management)
Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
Integrates with ServiceNow
Has NetPath which can analyze critical path performance within the network
Benefits
Thwack user community
Loop1
Can help with design,setup,and troubleshooting
Monthly free training modules
Reporting tools significantly better than Cisco Prime
Individual dashboards can be created per group to only show pertinent information
Can fully replace Cisco Prime
Requirments
Domain level Service Account (R/W access)
Review NetFlow configuration
Review SMTP traps
Orion Core Server Requirements
16 GB Ram
QuadCore processor
150GB hard drive (poller/Main Orion Server)
Windows Server 2016, 2012 R2, 2012
.Net 4.5
NTA 4.1.1 Server Requirements
x64 Windows Server (2016, 2012, 2012 R2)
16 - 128 GB RAM
50GB on 7200 rpm disk (NTFS)
3GHZ or faster, 4-16 CPU's
SolarWinds NTA requires appropriate SolarWinds NPM version installed on the same server, SQL Server, and NTA Flow Storage Database. SolarWinds NTA, SQL Server and NTA Flow Storage database should use separate servers