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Network Performance Monitor (NPM) Flashcards

1
Q

What port is used for SNMP queries?

A

UDP/161

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2
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What port is used for receiving SNMP traps?

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UDP/162

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3
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What port is the default SMTP port?

A

TCP/25

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4
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What is an external node?

A

It’s a node added to the NPM inventory that will neither be pinged nor polled.

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5
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What is a MIB?

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Management Information Base

In the case of enterprise MIBs (1.3.6.1.4.1.*) they’re enterprise-supplied text files with all the details about their own devices.

In the case of standard information (1.3.6.1.2.1.*) they’re defined in RFC3418 (e.g., system name, system location, system description).

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6
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What’s an OID?

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Object Identifier

These are the individual data points offered via SNMP by devices that support it. OIDs are documented in MIB (management information base) files.

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7
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If you want to stop getting alerts but continue to get ping and statistics results for a device, what do you do?

A

Set the device to muted for the duration in question.

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8
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Agents are available for what OS(s)?

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Windows, Linux, AIX

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9
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How do you add escalation to alerts?

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  1. Alert
  2. Trigger Actions
  3. Add Escalation
  4. Select how long to wait before escalating
  5. Add action for new escalation level
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10
Q

What port is used for Agent Installer (Inbound)?

A
  1. TCP/135 (DCE/RPC Locator Service) Microsoft EPMAP
  2. TCP/445 (Microsoft-DS SMB File Sharing)

WMI is only needed for deploying the agent to a Windows server with the Add Node or Add Agent wizard. If you do not want to open WMI ports required for software deployment, you can use another deployment method for the Agent.

WMI also uses any random TCP port greater than 1024.

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11
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What port is used for SolarWinds Agent (Inbound) - Server-Initiated?

A

TCP/17790

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12
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What port is used for SolarWinds Agent (Outbound) - Agent-Initiated?

A

TCP/17778

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13
Q

What port is used for SQL Server connections?

A

TCP/1433

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14
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What port is used for SQL Server Browser Service queries?

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TCP/1434

This is the service that will determine which instance you’re asking for and then redirect to you to that other port at 1024+.

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15
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What port is used for WMI (After Initial Request)?

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TCP/1024 - 65535

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16
Q

What is the permission required to acknowledge alerts?

A

Allow Account to Clear/Acknowledge Orion Messages

17
Q

What port is used for WMI (Initial Request)?

A

TCP/135

18
Q

How do you limit access to reports?

A

New reports may be assigned to individual accounts by creating Report Limitation Categories in the web console Report Wizard and then set in the Manage Accounts area.

19
Q

When monitoring VMware ESX/ESXi what two things are fetched with SNMP instead of the API?

A

Volumes and Interfaces

20
Q

Which of the following actions do NOT require previous configuration?

  1. Send an email or page in the Orion Platform
  2. Dial a paging or SMS service in the Orion Platform
  3. Log event to a file
  4. Play a sound when an alert is triggered in the Orion
    Platform
  5. Log the event to the NetPerfMon event log
  6. Send an SNMP trap in the Orion Platform
  7. Use the speech synthesizer to read alerts in the Orion Platform
A

3 and 5

21
Q

What are the report format options?

A

CSV, HTML, PDF, and XLS

22
Q

For correct device identification with SNMP, what must the device provide?

A

SysObjectID

23
Q

For Windows servers, SolarWinds recommends using WMI polling. (True/False)

A

True

24
Q

WMI uses more bandwidth, CPU, and memory than SNMP per poll. (True/False)

A

True

25
Q

Windows mount points and application metrics can be collected with WMI, so there’s no need to use SNMP. (True/False)

A

False

Cannot collect Windows mount point statistics or application level metrics with SNMP.

26
Q

Discoveries can be one of four types. What are they?

A
  1. IP Ranges
  2. Subnets
  3. IP Addresses
  4. Active Directory
27
Q

The Web Console has multiple _____(s) with multiple _____(s) which display information about your ______(s).

A

Views, Widgets, Entities

28
Q

What SNMP versions does NPM support?

A

All of them - v1, v2c, and v3.

29
Q

What is the SNMP equivalent of a password?

A

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