Question 1

The finance department asks to view select reports from NPM. Because of compliance policies, you cannot create accounts in the Web Console for users outside of the IT department. How do you allow the finance department to view reports without a user account?

Options :

A : Create a DirectLink account in the Web Console

B : Enable the Guest account

C : Create a service account for Finance

D : Enable the Link only option on the report

Answer: C

Question 2

While building an Orion map in the NPM web console you notice that two of your devices do not show a connection between them. You verify the two devices are connected. How can you resolve this issue? (Choose all that apply.)

Options :

A : Build a new Orion map and add the related entities instead of the nodes

B : Verify you are monitoring Layer 2 and 3 topologies

C : Change the monitoring method from SNMP to CLI

D : Build a custom connection between the devices

Answer: B,D

Question 3

Users report that NPM performance is slow when managing devices through the Orion Web Console. You verify the SNMP trapping is responsible for the poor performance. How do you resolve this issue?

Options :

A : Add the devices as managed nodes to cut down on the trap messages received

B : Point the devices to a trap manager and filter unwanted messages before forwarding remaining traps to the Orion Platform

C : Reduce the number of days SNMP messages are kept in the SolarWinds Trap Viewer

D : Add an Additional Web Server to handle the load of users accessing the NPM Orion Web Console

Answer: B

Question 4

You notice that a node in your Orion Map has a warning status, but the memory is in a critical state. You want that node to show as critical in the map when the hardware is in a critical state, even if all other metrics are normal.

How can you accomplish this?

Options :

A : Edit the map and change the status roll up mode to "worst"

B : Add the node to a group and change the group status roll up mode to "worst"

C : Change the node status roll up mode to "mixed"

D : Change the node status roll up mode to "worst"

Answer: D

Question 5

You add several nodes for monitoring and can see detailed information on those nodes in the Orion Web Console. However, when you look at the nodes in Orion Maps, the connections between the nodes are not showing. What is a likely reason?

Options :

A : A firewall is blocking polling between the nodes and the Orion server

B : You did not enable Layer 2 and Layer 3 topology polling on those nodes

C : You did not add the node topology OIDs to the MIB database

D : You did not enable SNMP polling

Answer: B