Network Management

Devices you can monitor with NPM

This article explains what devices you can monitor with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM).

First published date

11/29/2018 10:48 PM

Last published date

12/8/2021 11:49 AM

Overview

This article answers the question "Can SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) monitor my device?"

Product section

Network Performance Monitor

Cause

N/A

Resolution

With NPM, you can monitor devices that respond to ICMP, SNMP, WMI, API, or send Syslog/Traps messages.

If your device responds to ICMP, you can see the device status (Up/Down) in the Orion Web Console
If your device responds to SNMP, you can see statistics covered by OIDs that NPM can poll from the device.

To find out what information (OIDs) a device sends, contact the device vendor.

To poll an OID that is not supported out-of-the-box, you can create a custom monitor to display the information in the Orion Web Console.

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