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SolarWinds NCM is an excellent configuration manager for our Cisco switches and more.
February 28, 2020

SolarWinds NCM is an excellent configuration manager for our Cisco switches and more.

Randy Langer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager

We have deployed SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager across the entire organization. We monitor the availability of our Cisco switches and routers and our Windows servers. We also backup the Cisco configs and use SolarWinds NCM as a syslog server.
  • Cisco switch backup config--easy to compare and restore
  • Syslog server--aggregate log messages
  • Sometimes slow to log in and needs to be restarted
  • Saves a ton of time when replacing failed switches
  • Monitoring lets me know right away when equipment fails
SolarWinds NCM was much more dynamic and full featured than WhatsUpGold.
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is well suited to network admins who need to monitor configurations and restore from time to time, and who need a syslog server to aggregate the log messages. It's less appropriate for performance monitoring or digging deep into network problems.