Determine where to start.

Have you already installed and configured other SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted products?

• If this is your first SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted product, start with the tasks listed in the SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Getting Started Guide, and then continue with this list.

• If you have already performed those tasks for one or more SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted products, continue with this list.

Discover your devices.

Use the Network Sonar Discovery wizard discover network device, or use the Import wizard to manually import IP addresses and subnets. See Import IP addresses.

Add discovered devices to SolarWinds IPAM.

Use the wizard to select the discovered devices you want to monitor with IPAM. See Add discovered devices to SolarWinds IPAM.

Add DNS and DHCP servers.

Integrate DHCP or DNS servers with IPAM to manage all of your servers through one interface.

Reserve an IP address in a DHCP scope.

Reserve IP addresses in a DHCP scope to ensure a device receives the same IP address every time your servers reboot. See Reserve an IP address.

Create a subnet group.

Create a subnet group to organize and manage a defined set of IP addresses.

Grant a user read and write access to a subnet.

Restrict user access to help maintain security without limiting your ability to delegate required network management activities. See Grant a user read and write access to a subnet.