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Users have found great value in using SolarWinds Network Device Monitor for various network monitoring tasks. The product allows users to …
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What is SolarWinds Network Device Monitor?
SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is a network diagnostic tool, from Austin-based SolarWinds.
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Users have found great value in using SolarWinds Network Device Monitor for various network monitoring tasks. The product allows users to continuously monitor and report on network device configuration adherence to hardened baseline standards, ensuring compliance with industry best practices. Through email alerts and integration with Jira, users can create tickets on the network team's service desk when a device becomes out of compliance, enabling prompt action and issue resolution.
The product also offers a central console that provides a single-screen view of all network devices, allowing users to easily monitor WAN links, network appliances, and measure performance and uptime. Users have appreciated the option to plot devices on a map, providing a visual representation of their network infrastructure. Additionally, the ability to group devices by site or type makes it convenient for users to quickly identify and address site-specific issues if needed.
For small businesses with low data generation, SolarWinds Network Device Monitor has proven to be a suitable tool. However, some users have reported issues when reaching the data limit after 12 months. Navigation becomes slower, and the database may require fixes and the implementation of a data retention policy. Despite these limitations, the product continues to provide valuable visibility into network resources, helping teams mitigate bottlenecks and troubleshoot issues effectively.
Easy Module Configuration: Many users have found the module configuration to be straightforward and user-friendly, even for those who are new to the software. The ease of setting up and configuring modules has been praised by multiple reviewers.
Flexible Device Grouping: Numerous reviewers appreciate the flexibility offered by the system in terms of grouping devices into different categories. This feature makes it easy for users to organize their network devices and reference reports efficiently. It provides a customizable and intuitive way to manage device groupings.
Customizable Reports: The ability to customize reports has received praise from many users. They find it beneficial as it allows them to generate tailored reports that provide valuable insights into network performance over specific time periods. Users can easily select relevant metrics, timeframes, and presentation formats according to their needs.
Sluggish and Non-Intuitive GUI: Several users have found the GUI to be sluggish and not very intuitive, suggesting that it could benefit from improvement and polishing. The slow performance in the GUI requires significant computing power, leading to frustration among some users.
Unstreamlined Creation of Compliance Policies: Some users have mentioned that the creation of compliance policies is not streamlined and lacks a smooth flow. This lack of efficiency can make the process more time-consuming and cumbersome for users.
Lack of Linux Version: A few users have expressed a desire for a better Linux version of the product. They believe that having a dedicated version for Linux would enhance compatibility and provide a smoother experience for Linux-based environments.
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April 12, 2022
My review of SolarWinds NCM
We set up NCM as a way to continuously monitor and report on network device configuration adherence to hardened baselines standards. We also set up alerts to Jira via email such that if a device became out of compliance an email would be sent that would create a ticket on the network team's service desk. The ticket had the necessary detail to define the compliance violation and even suggest the remediation, this included config-line numbers and even some contextual information about where in the config the problem existed. The scope was all our network devices and it solved the business problem of network device compliance to hardening standards which was part of our ISO security program.
- Monitor for and record network device configuration changes.
- Allow for the creation, or modification, of hardening standards for multiple vendors' network devices.
- Automate the creation of alerts that can be sent to owners for correction of compliance violations.
- Allow you to organize a visualization of your network devices.
- The GUI is a bit sluggish in my opinion.
- The GUI is not very intuitive and could use some polishing.
- The creation of compliance policies needs to be streamlined and allow for better flow.
- A better Linux version would be nice.
April 12, 2022
Solarwinds unveiled what my network was doing.
The network is the highway to all things for the client server communication! If you want to create an app, it will more than likely touch the network, or live there. Whether it’s an sql query or a shared file to a mobile app, you need the network. So why don’t we monitor it? That was my question almost six years ago. Then came Solarwinds and the network device monitoring. From device health to resource utilization and trending. What bandwidth are going out to what port and the type of traffic if the device supports it. I know what is going in and out of the network devices, I can show you.
- Integrate with disparate and various hardware.
- View hardware details like fan, psu, cpu utilization.
- Pull configuration, with appropriate credentials, from network device.
- Modify configuration, with appropriate credentials, from network device.
- Move away from Windows as the underlying OS.
- Not much else.
- Really had to think about the first one.
We utilise SolarWinds to monitor all sorts of network devices that support SNMP from different vendors e.g. Cisco, Juniper, Extreme Networks and other similar infrastructure such as IP phones, etc. The SolarWinds product allows us to quickly get an overview of the state of our network at a glance.
- Monitoring network devices.
- Wide vendor compatibility.
- Customise dashboards and visualizations.
- Easy on resources.
- More security put into the product, the Orion hack was not good news.
- More frequent releases to address small bugs rather than big releases that are rare.
- More IPv6 related features to make it easier for people familiar with IPv4 to learn IPv6.
- Ability to edit dashboards using JSON or another similar language.
I manage a large WAN with over 15 geographically dispersed sites, all within the same country. I primarily use this product to monitor my WAN links, network appliances and measure performance, uptime and for alerting. SolarWinds Network Device Monitor provides a central console for viewing all my devices on a single screen and I can also plot these devices on a map if needed. The system allows for devices to be grouped by site, type, etc. This allows me to see site issues at a high level if needed.
- Monitor device uptime
- Measure port utilization
- Provide usable reports on network performance over a time period
- Provide alerts via email, screen alerts, or SMS
- Provide flexible options for grouping devices into a category that is usable and easily referenced
- The device topology mapping could be improved
- Device configuration database could be included
- The system could include a TFTP server to allow device configs to be downloaded and saved
April 07, 2022
Good Network Performance Monitoring Tool
The tool is ok for small businesses and low amount of data generated. Once you reach the "limit" which was 12 months after the launch, we got the problems, navigation got slower, DB needed some fixes, data retention policy has to be implemented. Live data is not working as expected. The overall experience gets worst as and data continues to grow. NPM module helps to find network-related bottlenecks, easy to set up and gives a great picture. My experience is ok with this module.
- reports are customizable fully
- Module configuration is easy for even beginner users
- Alerts can be integrated into any chat-ops or incident management tools
- High-level view on the network, live data is not working as expected
- DB instance needs too many fixes as data grows
- The module has an even deeper analytics option
April 06, 2022
SolarWinds, What's in your toolbox!
We currently use SolarWinds Network Device Monitor to provide visibility into our layer 2 and layer 3 network resources. The visibility gives our team tools that help mitigate network issues before they become real problems. It also provides a resource that is scalable and grows with our network and provides advance alerting.
- Critical Path Visualization
- Intelligent Mapping
- Performance Analysis
- Price
- EDR
- and Integration with other tools like AV.
April 06, 2022
Perfect tool for Network Infra monitoring
SolarWinds is one monitoring tool that was being actively used by one of our major Petroleum/Mining clients for monitoring Network devices and was configured in each of the critical assets with ease. The interface of Solarwinds is very easy to use and learn the monitoring setup. The alerts were easy to understand and had good integration with ServiceNow.
- ServiceNow integration.
- Good interface.
- Easy to setup and use.
- Monitoring of New age infra setups
- Integration with Cloud platforms
- Price factor.
April 06, 2022
Excellent Solution for Network Performance monitoring
SolarWinds NPM, NCM, NTA, etc.. are all
Cognizant one of the preferred Monitoring tools and Many of our customers uses
this for network performance monitoring.
- Exceptionally good in Network devices performance and availability monitoring like CPU, Memory, Interfaces throughput, bandwidth utilization, etc...
- Broad network devices like Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Load Balancers, and vendors coverage like Cisco, Juniper, Avaya, Broadcom, EMC, Fortinet, etc...
- Good diagnostic and logging method
- I believe we should have more flexibility in Integration Options with event Management tools and ITSM tools other than SNOW
- I believe its high time for Solarwinds to come up with good Event Management or AIOPs capability that includes correlation, Anomaly detection, Predictive analysis, and RCA
- Quick response to the support tickets Irrespective of severity
April 06, 2022
SolarWinds Network Device Monitor peforms
I use the SolarWinds Network Device Monitor to monitor everything from hardware network devices to virtual devices on my network. Knowing when a node goes down, reboots, has latency or simple uptime metrics is extremely valuable and this tool provides all that and more. I have alerts set up to email us when any issues arise.
- Monitor hardware health
- monitor virtual infrastructure resource utilization
- Real-time performance details
- Historical data
- Better documentation on how to integrate multiple SolarWinds products and resource requirements
- US support for US based companies