SolarWinds NPM: Worth it for HP switches?
December 20, 2019
SolarWinds NPM: Worth it for HP switches?
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor helps monitor core switch performance and bandwidth monitoring.
- Good technical support
- Easy to use graphical interface
- Better support for HPE Procurve/Aruba equipment
- Flexibility to integrate with other monitoring software.
- Not much improvement over other SNMP monitoring tools we used before.
- HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)
HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) is better suited for networks with HP Procurve/Aruba switches. SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor does not provide the same functionality that IMC has. The network maps in IMC are more accurate and the backup configuration feature is a plus, which is a separate purchase from SolarWinds (Engineer Toolset). The licensing model is also better since it is per device and not per port like with SolarWinds NPM.