NPM Free Sample Questions

A network administrator is configuring SNMPv3 monitoring for a new set of Cisco Catalyst switches. To ensure the highest level of security as required by company policy, which security level should be selected in the node's credential set?

While attempting to create a Universal Device Poller (UnDP) for a proprietary storage array, the administrator receives a 'MIB compilation error' when uploading the vendor's MIB file to the Orion server. Which of the following is the most probable cause of this issue?

A security audit requires that all network device monitoring must use SNMPv3 with the strongest possible security. An engineer is tasked with implementing this. Which of the following actions are essential to meet this requirement? (Select THREE)

A Network Operations Center (NOC) analyst is trying to understand the difference in SNMP messages being received. What is the key functional difference between an SNMP Trap and an SNMP Inform message?

A hospital's IT department needs to monitor the temperature of a specific server room using a networked environmental sensor that is not natively supported by SolarWinds NPM. The sensor provides its temperature reading via a specific SNMP OID. What is the most direct and efficient method within NPM to collect and display this temperature data?

True or False: The Universal Device Poller (UnDP) can be configured to poll metrics from Windows servers using WMI credentials.

A Network Sonar Discovery job covering a large subnet (a /22 network) is taking several hours to complete, significantly impacting the polling engine's performance. Which action would most effectively reduce the discovery duration without sacrificing the goal of finding all relevant network devices?

To reduce alert noise from downstream devices during a core switch outage, an administrator decides to configure dependencies. A distribution switch (DSW-1) is connected to a core switch (CSW-1). Several access switches (ASW-1, ASW-2) are connected to DSW-1. How should the dependency be configured? ```mermaid graph TD CSW1[Core Switch CSW-1] --> DSW1[Distribution DSW-1] DSW1 --> ASW1[Access ASW-1] DSW1 --> ASW2[Access ASW-2] ```

An administrator is creating a custom property to classify nodes by their environment (e.g., 'Production', 'Staging', 'Development'). What is the primary purpose of defining a custom property in this manner?

A newly added Cisco router is showing a status of 'Unknown' in NPM. The administrator has verified the following: - The node is reachable via ping from the polling engine. - The SNMPv3 credentials (username, auth/priv protocols, and passphrases) are identical on the device and in the Orion credential set. What is a common, often-overlooked configuration mismatch on the Cisco device that would cause this issue?