So our network is working.
So we've integrated the NPM VM with our genius 3D topology.
We have tested IP connectivity.
So now we can connect to NPM and log in.
So your role to use these local host colon eighty seven eighty seven.
Or alternatively the hostname of your P.C. the default username is admin.
The default password is no password.
In other words blank.
That's shown here and you can change that by going to Settings Manage accounts.
I'm going to log in with those default values.
And now we can start our network discovery.
Suddenly click start we can discover devices by using a small subnet such as Slash 24 or by specifying
individual IP addresses.
I'm going to add a range of addresses so 10 dot one dot one hundred or one to ten dot 1 dot 100 dot
when I click Next I'll make this a bit bigger so it's easier to read
next week told that NPM can check all nodes currently polling with agents for updates by selecting this
option.
All nodes currently polling via an agent will be pulled for updates.
The setting is helpful when using scheduled discovery to keep agent updates current.
So going to select that option and click next do we want to log into E6 SAI So we can poll VM way and
add our V.S. or ASX credentials.
I'm going to click next now by default as an MP or simple network management protocol will use a public
and private community value for accessing devices.
Now we configured our routers
so show run pipe include is an MP with a community value of NPM.
So we need to add a new credential here
the value is going to be NPM click add so there it is click Next we can add windows credentials if we
want to allow solar winds.
NPM to collect CPSU memory and volume data from Windows servers that don't support as an MP.
For now I'm not going to do that I'm going to click next.
We asked how we would like to setup what to monitor so manually setup monitoring of the devices are
discovered or automatically monitor based on my defined monitoring settings.
I'm going to leave it at the default of manual click Next now at any point you can go back through the
wizard so at the moment I'm at Discovery settings I could click back to go to monitoring settings so
as an example I might want to include devices that respond to pings alone click next details of my discovery
are shown here.
I'm going to accept the defaults and click Next I'm asked how often I want to do the polling that could
be hourly daily or other options.
I'm going to select once only and I want to run the Discovery right now.
So click discover the discovery process is then started and you can see here at three nodes have been
discovered.
You can see the overall progress indicator so at this point three rorters were discovered and one Windows
7 workstation was discovered.
Click Next now which interfaces should be monitored by default up interfaces a monitored the port mode
of trunk access or unknown is going to be monitored and physical virtual and unknown interfaces are
going to be monitored we can see a list of interfaces so as an example on to one foster Ethernet 0 0
is up but fast ethernet one slash 0 is down.
So my various interfaces including serial interfaces are shown here are the interfaces are also listed
such as null 0 as well as the loop back interfaces of the devices.
As an example show IP interface brief on route a one shows a list of interfaces so you can see the first
Ethan interfaces and several interfaces so that interface information is being picked up by the solar
winds NPM application click next on my P.C. I can view RAM Virtual memory.
Fixed disk space and other options.
Is the import preview so we can decide what we want to import.
I'm going to import my routers as well as the Windows machine and you can see that information has now
been imported into the database.
The import has finished so I'm going to click finish so going to my dashboards.
Summary I can see that I have three Cisco routers Rado 1 Rider 2 and rather 3
and unknown devices also been picked up.
That is the additional IP address on my local windows.
P.S. I can also see that I have issues connecting to Google dot com as an example.
So let's click on one of the writers wrote a 1 you can see the nodes up can see the IP address machine
type description and other information about the Rada including as an example.
Interface utilization.
That's how you get NPM integrated with a genus 3 network.
Not only is NPM a very powerful application and we'll look at some of the features as we go through
the course but it also helps you learn practically simple network management protocol and the management
of network devices using a management station.