www.it-ebooks.info SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor An essential guide for installing, implementing, and calibrating SolarWinds Orion NPM Joe Dissmeyer BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI www.it-ebooks.info SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor Copyright © 2013 Packt Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information First published: April 2013 Production Reference: 1120413 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK ISBN 978-1-84968-848-2 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by J Blaminsky (milak6@wp.pl) www.it-ebooks.info Credits Author Project Coordinator Joe Dissmeyer Anurag Banerjee Reviewers Proofreader Richard Jones Lesley Harrison Dave Shield Indexer Stephen Stack Hemangini Bari Acquisition Editor Andrew Duckworth Lead Technical Editor Sweny M Sukumaran Technical Editor Dennis John Graphics Aditi Gajjar Production Coordinator Shantanu Zagade Cover Work Shantanu Zagade www.it-ebooks.info About the Author Joe Dissmeyer has a strong background in enterprise-class software and IT systems which include VMware, Windows Server, Windows Desktop, Exchange Server, and Cisco He holds multiple IT certifications and has an A.S degree in Computer Information Science Joe currently works as part of a team of network engineers for a company in central Florida Prior to accepting this position, he was working as a Senior Technician for a healthcare provider, a Domain Administrator for a small college, and a Service Desk Specialist for a Fortune 100 company Joe is well versed in server, desktop, and network administration Aside from his full-time job, Joe is a managed service provider for a few small businesses in central Florida where he provides various remote and onsite IT consulting services He volunteers his knowledge and skills by participating in the Microsoft Answers forums, the Spiceworks IT Professional Community, and frequently posts troubleshooting and tech articles on his website at www.joedissmeyer.com Joe is an active member of his local community and shares the visual and audio setup responsibilities with his church's tech ministry team every week Joe's specialties are the Windows desktop, Windows Server engineering, operating system deployment, network troubleshooting, and network administration His biggest strength is that he has a deep understanding of how information technology systems work and how they affect a business You can contact Joe through his website at www.joedissmeyer.com, or via e-mail at joe@joedissmeyer.com www.it-ebooks.info Acknowledgement There are so many people that I want to thank for their support in writing this book Without their skills, forethought, support, and expertise I would never have been able to write this book on my own I would like to thank my beautiful wife Tasha and our three children, Lauren, Cameron, and Jocelyn, my parents Fred and Sandra and step-parents Mitch and Dora I also wish to thank Carl, Jennifer, and Megan But most of all, I want to thank Tim, Lisa and Ashley for putting up with me, helping me watch my kids, and helping me find the time to write this book To everyone, I could not have done this without you—all of you! I love you all! I also want to thank all of my colleagues and friends There are too many to name, but I wish to thank; Stacey F., Mason G., Dave "DJ" M., David S., Ernst S., Jim K., Derek M., Steve M, Jacques A, Joe M, Joe P, Rhys R, Debbie W, Brian Z, every member of the SpiceCorps of Central Florida, and the entire Packt Publishing team I know that I missed a bunch of you, but you know who you are! For my brothers in Christ; Daniel Hopper, Glenn Stewart, Phillip Kochanski, and Milan Thaker Thank so much for loaning me equipment and giving me advice on some of the topics in this book Also, a special shout-out to Dan Williams at Meraki May God bless you and your families! But above all, I thank our almighty God He has given me a gift to share with the world so that I can glorify only Him None of the knowledge and none of the skills that I have been blessed with come from myself They all are a gift from God! It is my desire to serve only Him, the Everlasting one, the most High, and the most holy Amen! 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Find out when new books are published by following @PacktEnterprise on Twitter, or the Packt Enterprise Facebook page www.it-ebooks.info Table of Contents Preface 1 Chapter 1: Installation 13 System requirements 13 Windows Server setup 15 Internet Information Services (IIS) 15 Microsoft SQL Server 16 SQL Server setup 17 Service accounts 17 Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Express 18 Configuring the SQL Server services 25 Verifying SQL Server authentication settings 29 Configuring the Windows Firewall 31 Installing SolarWinds Orion NPM 32 Summary 35 Chapter 2: Orion NPM Configuration 37 Changing the default Admin password Disabling the Guest user account Manage Accounts overview Creating individual user accounts Adding Active Directory user accounts Adding Active Directory security groups Account permissions 46 46 48 49 52 54 56 Orion Configuration Wizard Orion Website Administration Authentication and access Setting thresholds Orion NPM licensing License tiers Extending and increasing NPM licensing www.it-ebooks.info 37 44 45 56 60 61 62 Appendix C Patch Manager Are you familiar with Microsoft's Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)? SolarWinds Patch Manager is the exact same thing in concept but has the ability to much more Patch Manager allows you to not only manages Windows updates for Windows Server and the Windows desktop, but also manages rolling out software updates for a wide-array of third-party applications such as Adobe Flash Player, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, WinZip, and more Patch Manager has a robust reporting feature to help IT management ensure compliance with all computers in the organization and it can be extended to work with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Even though Patch Manager is designed to be integrated with Orion NPM, Patch Manager can run as its own instance More information, including all of the third-party software updates that Patch Manager supports can be found at http://www.solarwinds.com/patch-manager.aspx Web Performance Monitor Web Performance Monitor (WPM) is a SolarWinds application that scans and monitors websites hosted in Microsoft IIS, Apache, Tomcat, or any other web server Whatever the type of code, markup or libraries a website has been built with, from HTML 5, jQuery, Twitter Bootstrap, or some other custom website code, WPM can monitor it WPM traverses through web portals and web applications as if it is a user It can report, track, and alert against the speediness of each step taken while monitoring your websites as well as record and playback each trip If you need to track the performance of your web services, it may be worth taking the time to look at Web Performance Monitor More information about WPM can be found at http://www.solarwinds.com/web-performance-monitor.aspx IP Address Manager IP Address Manager (IPAM) is a centralized IP address, DNS, and IP subnet management system It can track, report, alert, and manage your IP addresses Some of the core features of IPAM are IPv6 migration planning tools, historical IP address tracking, subnet allocation wizard, and IP subnet scanning and alerting [ 307 ] www.it-ebooks.info Additional SolarWinds Orion Software When IPAM is integrated with Orion NPM, all of its core features are directly integrated with Orion NPM and helps you manage your IP address space easily from the Orion dashboard For more information on IPAM, go to http://www.solarwinds.com/ip-address-manager.aspx NetFlow Traffic Analyzer SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) gives you a complete view of the bandwidth usage in your network in that it provides information about how the network is being used, who is using it, and for what purpose are they using the network NetFlow is a Cisco proprietary protocol However, other vendors such as HP, Juniper, and Nortel Networks have their own versions of NetFlow called J-Flow, sFlow, IPFIX, and Huawei NetStream SolarWinds NTA can analyze data from all of these types of flow protocols More information about NTA can be found at http://www.solarwinds.com/netflow-traffic-analyzer.aspx VoIP & Network Quality Manager Having a properly configured converged data network that services both voice and data can be difficult to troubleshoot when certain information is missing For example, knowing that there is an issue with phone calls dropping off an IP phone due to a data network issue can be difficult to resolve SolarWinds VoIP & Network Quality Manager can help VoIP & Network Quality Manager can monitor your organization's VoIP call performance, verify your IP service level agreement and Quality of Service policies, search and filter call detail records, and provide WAN performance alerts More information about VoIP & Network Quality Manager can be found at http://www.solarwinds.com/voip-network-quality-manager.aspx User Device Tracker Without creating some type of custom scripts or processes, it can be difficult to track down user devices to an access point, router, or switch port that the device is connected to User Device Tracker helps to resolve this problem It can quickly find computers, user names, MAC addresses, VLANs, and switch ports that devices are connected to It can also show available ports on a switch and alert against the ones that may be getting close to operating at full capacity You can also set up a device watch list by IP address, MAC address, or host name and receive an alert telling you what part of the network that device is connected to More information about User Device Tracker is found at http://www.solarwinds.com/user-device-tracker.aspx [ 308 ] www.it-ebooks.info Index A B Access Point Errors 164 account permissions 56 accounts overview managing 48, 49 Active Directory (AD) 47 Active Directory Authentication using 48 Active Directory security groups adding 54, 55 Active Directory user accounts adding 52-54 Active Wireless Clients 165 Add Node wizard 96 advanced alert 208 Advanced Alert Manager application 221 advanced alerts configuring 221-226 Alert Evaluation Frequency 222 alerts See Orion NPM alerts Alerts page, HOME tab 69 Alert Suppression tab 215 Alert Trigger tab 214 All Groups modules 128 All Nodes modules 128 All Triggered Alerts module 129 authentication 45 Autonomous APs view, wireless 163 bandwidth options, interface configuration 119 Basic Alert Manager application about 211 Configure Alerts window 212 Quick Start screen 211 basic alerts about 208 building 212-221 configuring 210, 212 C Cisco UCS about 189 connectivity unit status 190 fabric switch 189 infrastructure, monitoring 189 modules 189 Node Details View page 189 UCS Overview 190 VMware host 189 Cisco Unified Computing System See Cisco UCS color scheme option, Customize module 150 ConnectNow, Network Atlas 255 CONTENT EXCHANGE page, Thwack Community 302, 303 www.it-ebooks.info Controllers group, Wireless Summary View 163 credential libraries about 120 SNMP credentials library 120 VMware credentials library 122 Windows credentials library 121 customization options, Customize module color scheme 150 external website 151 Customize module about 150 customization options 150 Custom Object Resource module 132, 133 custom properties options, interface configuration 119 custom view page creating, with view limitation 140-143 D daemon 173 dashboard HOME tab 68 NETWORK tab 72 overview 66 reports, running from 231-233 Virtualization Summary 74 website notifications 67 dashboard views network maps, applying 263, 264 database backing up, manually 272 cleaning up 276 restoring 273-275 database backup schedule creating 269-272 Database Cleanup 267 database maintenance about 267 database, backing up manually 272 database backup schedule, creating 269-272 database clean-up 276 Database Manager, using 267 database, restoring 273-275 Database Manager about 267 launching 268 SQL Server database, connecting 269 tasks, performing 269 default Admin password changing 46 dependencies options, interface configuration 119 dependency about 114 creating 114-116 using 114 Device Types inventory report 232 Discovery Central about 78 frequency 87 network discovery scan 78 Network Sonar Wizard 79 scheduling 86 Discovery Ignore List node, loading to 95 discovery profile about 78 executing 87 frequency 87 discovery scan executing 87-89 discovery settings 86 documentation 299 E Edit Alert window 212 edit pane, Network Atlas 254 Edit ribbon tab, Network Atlas 256 Edit tab, Network Atlas 257 E-Mail/Pager Addresses tab 217, 225 evaluation license upgrading 62-65 event 69 Events page, HOME tab 69 Event Summary module 130 external website option, Customize module 151, 152 [ 310 ] www.it-ebooks.info F Fiber Channel (FC) 186 FORUMS & SPACES, Thwack Community 302 FREE TOOLS & TRIALS page, Thwack Community 302 frequency executing 87 selecting 87 G general options, interface configuration 118 general thresholds average CPU load 57 disk usage 57 percent memory used 57 percent packet loss 57 response time 57 group about 111 creating 112-114 managing 111 group reports 231 GROUPS page, Thwack Community 304 Groups summary page, HOME tab 69 Guest user account disabling 46, 47 H help tab, Network Atlas 257 high level, threshold 57 History Wireless Clients 164 HOME tab about 68 Alerts page 69 Custom Summary 71 Events page 69 Groups summary page 69 Message Center 70 Reports page 71 Summary page 68 Syslog page 70 thwack 71 Top 10 69 Training page 71 Traps page 70 Host Bus Adapters (HBA) 187 Hyper-V 169 I IDEAS & FEATURE REQUESTS, Thwack Community 302 IIS 15 individual poller creating 192-197 individual user accounts creating 50, 51 installing SolarWinds Orion NPM 32-34 SQL Server 2008 R2 Express 18-25 Integrated Virtual Infrastructure Monitor See IVIM interface configuration about 116 bandwidth options 119 custom properties options 119 dependencies options 119 general options 118, 119 modifying 116, 117 polling options 119 interface element 60 interface statistics about 108 collecting 108 Interface Availability Statistics polls 109 Interface Errors Statistics polls 109 Interface Traffic Statistics polls 109 Internet Information Services See IIS Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) 186 IP Address Manager (IPAM) about 307 features 308 URL 308 IP Ranges, network discovery methods 84 IVIM 278 [ 311 ] www.it-ebooks.info J JD-3500XL node 131 K knowledgebase about 299 URL 299 L Last 25 Events module 131 LIBRARY & SUPPORT page, Thwack Community 303 license management about 276, 277 IVIM 278 NPM section 277 Orion section 277 license tiers about 61 SL100 61 SL500 61 SL2000 61 SLX 61 Linux servers configuring 173 SNMP daemon, configuring 173 M Managed Service Provider (MSP) 111 Management Information Base (MIB) 191 map module about 127 monitoring 127 menu bars about 145 customizing 145, 146 Message Center, HOME tab 70 MIB database updates about 282 applying, to Orion NPM installation 283 warnings 282 Microsoft IIS role 32 Microsoft SQL Server 16 Monitored Network Objects tab 214 monitoring, Orion NPM about 126 All Groups module 128 All Nodes module 128 All Triggered Alerts module 129 customize module 150 custom module 132, 133 edit button 146, 147 Event Summary module 130 Last 25 Events module 131 map module 127 menu bars 145, 146 performing 126 Search Nodes module 132 Views module 133 N NetFlow 308 NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) about 308 features 308 URL 308 Network Atlas overview about 254 Add Object button 255 AutoArrange options 257 background 256 ConnectNow tool 255 edit pane 254 Edit ribbon tab 256 Edit tab 257 Getting Started window 258 help tab 257 Home tab 255 Labels 256 Lines section 256 object pane 254 Objects section 255 Status & Links 256 tools 255 Topology tool 255 View tab 257 Network Attached Storage (NAS) 186 Network Configuration Manager (NCM) about 306 features 306 [ 312 ] www.it-ebooks.info URL 306 network discovery methods IP range 84 Specific Nodes 85 subnets 83, 84 network discovery scan 78 network maps about 127 applying, to dashboard views 263, 264 building 258-263 network monitoring about 167 server monitoring 167 Universal Device Pollers 191 virtualization monitoring 180 Network Performance Monitor Licensing See Orion NPM Licensing Network Sonar Discovery page 79 Network Sonar Wizard about 79 discovery settings 86 launching 80 network subnets, configuring 83 SNMP credentials, configuring 80, 81 VMware user credentials, configuring 82 Windows user credentials, configuring 82, 83 Network Summary view, Wireless Summary View 163 NETWORK tab about 72 Network Top 10 page 72 NPM Summary page 72 Overview page 73 VSANs page 73 wireless 73 Network Top 10 page, NETWORK tab 72 node 60 Node & Group Management about 109 credential libraries 120 dependency 114 groups 111 interface configuration 116 nodes 110 node reports 231 nodes adding 89 adding, from Scheduled Discovery 89, 90 adding manually 96-100 importing 91-94 including 91-94 loading, to ignore list 95 managing 110 polling 100, 101, 104 No Grouping option, Wireless Summary View 162 NPM licensing See Orion NPM licensing NPM reports 231 NPM Summary page, NETWORK tab 72 NPM thresholds about 58 options 58 NTA 308 O Object Identifiers (OIDs) 191 object pane, Network Atlas 254 Orion Configuration Wizard about 37 database settings 40 launching 37-39 service settings 42, 43 website settings 41 Orion general thresholds 57 Orion Network Atlas 127 about 229, 252 downloading 252 installing 252-254 overview 254 Orion NPM See also SolarWinds Orion NPM Orion NPM alerts about 208 acknowledging 208, 209 advanced alert 208 basic alert 208 preconfigured alerts 210 testing 226 Orion NPM installation migration about 289 [ 313 ] www.it-ebooks.info custom reports, copying 295, 296 Orion NPM installation, configuring 289-293 Orion NPM licensing, migrating 297 polling engines, reassigning 293, 294 Orion NPM installer 15 Orion NPM licensing about 60 best practices 66 elements 60 evaluation license 63 evaluation license, upgrading 62 extending 62 increasing 62 interface element 60 license tiers 61 node 60 volume 60 Orion NPM migration about 283 Orion database, duplicating 285, 286 Orion database, moving 284 Orion NPM installation, configuring 289-293 Orion NPM installation migration 284 Orion NPM installation, moving 289 Orion NPM server, configuring 286-289 Orion SQL database migration 284 Orion NPM polls 100 Orion NPM Quick Start Guide URL 13 Orion NPM system maintenance about 265 database maintenance 267 license management 276 MIB database updates 282 polling engines 279 service management 266 Orion Service Manager 266 Orion SQL database migration 284 Orion Virtualization Manager 278 Orion Website Administration about 44 account permissions 56 accounts overview, managing 48, 49 Active Directory security groups, adding 54, 55 Active Directory user accounts, adding 52-54 admin console actions 45 core configuration options 45 default Admin password, changing 46 Guest user account, disabling 46, 47 individual user accounts, creating 50, 51 thresholds, setting 56, 58 user authentication system 45 Overview page, NETWORK tab 73 P page view customizing 134 Patch Manager about 307 features 307 URL 307 pollers exporting 203, 204 importing 204 polling about 100 interface statistics 108 Most Devices: SNMP and ICMP option 103 Status Only: ICMP option 101 Windows Servers: WMI and ICMP option 101 polling engines 279-281 polling methods about 101 No Status 101 UCS credentials, defining 104 VMware Polling Settings, selecting 104 polling options, interface configuration 119 polling process interface statistics, collecting 108, 109 polling methods 101 resources, selecting 105-107 preconfigured alerts 210 Property to Monitor tab 213 R Report Designer field formatting tab 240 filter results tab 238 [ 314 ] www.it-ebooks.info general tab 237 report grouping tab 241, 242 select fields tab 238 top XX tab 239 reports about 229 adding, to page view 242-244 creating 236-242 customizing 236 group reports 231 node reports 231 NPM reports 231 running 230 running, from dashboard 231-233 running, from Report Writer 234, 235 Report Scheduler about 245 columns tab 246 Email From tab 251 email settings tab 247 Email To tab 251 launching 245 NT Account Login tab 249 Orion Web Login tab 249 report URL, defining 247, 248 scheduled job, creating 247 settings menu 246 SMTP Server tab 251 working with 245, 251 reports functionality 229 Reports page, HOME tab 71 Reports page view 230 Report Writer Report Designer 237 reports, running from 234, 235 Reset Actions tab 224 Reset Message tab 218 resources editing 146-149 routers and firewalls monitoring Average Response Time and Packet Loss statistics 154 Average Response Time and Packet Loss statistics 155 Average Response Time & Packet Loss module 153 default modules 152 Interface Details page 156 Min/Max/Average bps In/Out 157 Network Latency & Packet Loss module 153 performing 152 S Scheduled Discovery nodes, adding from 89, 90 Search Nodes module 132 Server & Application Monitor (SAM) about 306 URL 306 server monitoring about 167 Linux servers, configuring 173 Windows Servers, configuring 168 servers, Orion monitoring 174-180 service accounts, SQL Server installation 18 Service Level Agreement (SLA) 178 service management 266, 267 SLX license 61 SMTP Server tab 217 SNMP credentials library 120, 121 SNMP credentials, Network Sonar Wizard about 80 configuring 81 SNMP daemon configuring 173 SNMP services configuring 171 enabling, in Windows Server 2003 171 enabling, in Windows Server 2008 171 enabling, in Windows Server 2012 172 SNMP agent, configuring 172 SolarWinds Thwack Community 301 SolarWinds Customer Portal URL 63 SolarWinds License Manager about 278 using 278, 279 SolarWinds Orion IPAM 307 NCM 306 [ 315 ] www.it-ebooks.info NTA 308 Patch Manager 307 SAM 306 server monitoring 174 User Device Tracker 308 VoIP & Network Quality Manager 308 WPM 307 SolarWinds Orion documentation repository URL 299 SolarWinds Orion NPM about 13 dashboard 66 Discovery Central 78 documentation 299 installing 32-34 knowledgebase 299 monitoring basics 126 network mapping 229 Node & Group Management 109 nodes, adding 89 polling 100 reports functionality 229 resources 299 routers and firewalls, monitoring 152 SQL Server setup 17 support 300 switches, monitoring 157 system requisites 13 video training 300 Windows Server setup 15 wireless infrastructure, monitoring 160 SolarWinds Orion NPM installations rules 15 SolarWinds Orion NPM Product Guide URL 61 Specific Nodes, network discovery methods 85 SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installing 18-25 SQL Server authentication settings verifying 29-31 SQL Server services configuring 25-28 SQL Server setup about 17 service accounts 17, 18 SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, installing 18-25 SQL Server authentication settings, verifying 29, 30 SQL Server services, configuring 25-28 Windows Firewall, configuring 31, 32 Storage Area Network (SAN) 60, 186 subnets, network discovery methods 83, 84 Summary page, HOME tab 68 support, SolarWinds about 300 contact information 300 switches 157 switches monitoring All Interfaces on the Selected Node 158 Ethernet type 158 NPM Network Topology resource 159 performing 157 Proprietary Virtual interface 158 Syslog page, HOME tab 70 system requisites, SolarWinds Orion NPM software requirements 14 supported SQL Server editions 14 Windows Server hardware requirements 14 Windows Server OS requirements 14 T Terminal 173 Thin APs view, wireless 163 threshold about 56 general thresholds 57 high level 57 NPM thresholds 58 Orion general thresholds 57 setting 56 types 57 Virtualization thresholds 59 warning level 57 Thwack Community about 301 CONTENT EXCHANGE page 302, 303 FORUMS & SPACES 302 FREE TOOLS & TRIALS page 302 GROUPS page 304 [ 316 ] www.it-ebooks.info IDEAS & FEATURE REQUESTS area 302 LIBRARY & SUPPORT 303 URL 301 thwack, HOME tab 71 Time of Day tab 215 Top 10 page, HOME tab 69 Training page, HOME tab 71 transform poller creating 197-202 Traps page, HOME tab 70 Trigger Condition tab 222 Trigger Message tab 218 U UDP 162 31 Universal Device Poller application about 191 individual poller, creating 192-196 pollers, exporting 203, 204 pollers, importing 204 transform poller, creating 197-202 Universal Device pollers 190 User Device Tracker about 308 features 308 URL 308 V video training, SolarWinds about 300 reference links 300 view limitation 140 views about 133 adding 139 customizing 133 managing 134-138 Views By Device Type 144 Views module 133 View tab, Network Atlas 257 view types about 139 cluster details 140 datacenter details 140 group details 139 interface details 139 node details 139 summary 139 UCS Chassis Details 139 virtualization summary 139 volume details 139 VSAN details 139 virtualization monitoring about 180 Cisco UCS 189 virtualization summary 180-186 VSANs 186, 187 virtualization summary 74, 75 virtualization summary view about 180 ESX Host Details view 184 viewing 181-183 Virtual Machine CPU Consumption view 185 Virtual Machine Memory Consumption view 185 VMware Assets lists 182 VMware Asset Summary view 183 Virtualization thresholds 59 Virtual Storage Area Networks See VSANs VMware credentials library 122 VMware user credentials, Network Sonar Wizard about 82 configuring 82 VoIP & Network Quality Manager about 308 features 308 URL 308 volume 60 VSAN Details view 188 VSANs 186 VSANs page, NETWORK tab 73 VSAN Summary view about 186 All VSAN Nodes 187 Fiber Channel Reports 187 Last 25 Events 187 VSAN Details view 188 VSAN Traffic 187 [ 317 ] www.it-ebooks.info W warning level, threshold 57 Web Performance Monitor (WPM) about 307 features 307 URL 307 web view per device type changing 161 what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) 252 Windows credentials library 121 Windows Firewall configuring 31, 32, 169 ICMP, allowing 169 SNMP, allowing 170 WMI, allowing 170 Windows Server 2003 SNMP services, configuring 171 Windows Server 2008 SNMP services, configuring 171 Windows Server 2008 R2 server Node Details view 174 Windows Server 2012 SNMP services, configuring 172 Windows servers configuring 168, 169 SNMP agent, configuring 172 SNMP services, configuring 171 Windows Firewall, configuring 169 WMI, configuring 170 Windows Server setup, Orion NPM about 15 IIS 15 Microsoft SQL Server 16 Windows user credentials, Network Sonar Wizard about 82 configuring 83 wireless autonomous access points about 160 monitoring 160 wireless clients displaying 166 wireless controller about 160 monitoring 160 wireless controllers and access points about 162 Wireless Summary View 162 wireless devices, monitoring wireless autonomous access points 160 wireless controller 160 wireless thin APs 161 wireless infrastructure monitoring 160 Wireless Intrusion Protection System (WIPS) 164 Wireless page, NETWORK tab 73 Wireless Summary View about 162 Controllers group 162, 163 Network Summary view 163 No Grouping option 162 Wireless Type 163 Wireless Thin AP view 164 Wireless Thin AP view resources Access Point Errors displays 164 Active Wireless Clients 165 History Wireless Clients resource 164 Wireless Type, Wireless Summary View about 163 Autonomous APs 163 Thin APs 163 WMI configuring 170 [ 318 ] www.it-ebooks.info 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