Question 1

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 2

Your network includes the headquarters and three remote sites. Users from remote site A complain they do not have access to the company's accounting server. Users from remote site B and C have access to the accounting server. How can you find the source of the issue?

Options :

A : Use NetPath to see if there are problem areas between remote site A and the headquarters

B : Verify that the accounting servers' CPU utilization are not abnormally high

C : Use NetPath to see if there are problem areas between remote site A and remote sites B and C

D : Verify that the accounting servers are up

Answer: A

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

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 5

You want to create an alert that notifies you when packet loss meets or exceeds 50%, but only for a select set of nodes in your network. How do you accomplish this?

Options :

A : Set the scope of the alert to only apply to nodes to be included in the alert

B : Set the alert trigger evaluation to evaluate nodes to be included in the alert

C : Create separate SWQL trigger condition for each node to be included in the alert

D : Set an alert limitation for the nodes to be included in the alert

Answer: D