Documentation forNetwork Configuration Manager
Managing network configurations is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Advanced edition. Network Configuration Manager (NCM) is also available in a standalone module.

Predefined NCM reports

The following predefined reports are included with Network Configuration Manager.

To access these reports, see Access predefined NCM reports.

For more information about working with reports in the SolarWinds Platform, see Manage and view reports in the SolarWinds Platform.

Category Reports
NCM Audit

These reports display the results of audit checks.

  • Config Transfer Audit: Displays information on config transfers.

  • Real Time Change Detection Audit: Displays change notification messages on nodes within the network.

  • User Activity Tracking Report: Displays relevant information on node activity within the network.

  • Vulnerability State Change Audit: Displays information about vulnerability state changes.

NCM Brocade Inventory

These reports display information about the physical entites and agent config modules running on the chassis of Brocade devices.

  • Brocade Agent Config Module: Displays information on Brocade agent config modules running in chassis.

  • Brocade Chassis Serial Number: Displays the serial number for a Brocade chassis.

  • Brocade Chassis Unit Serial Number: Displays the serial numbers for units within a Brocade chassis.

NCM Cisco Inventory

These reports display information about the physical properties of the system.

  • Cisco 3750 Stack - Physical Entity: Displays information about physical entities within each device.

  • Cisco Bootload Images: Displays information related to bootload images within each device.

  • Cisco Card Data: Displays information about Cisco card data within each device.

  • Cisco Catalyst Cards: Displays the card in each Catalyst switch.

  • Cisco Chassis IDs: Displays the chassis ID and serial number for Cisco devices.

  • Cisco Discovery Protocol: Displays the CDP discovered from each device.

  • Cisco Fan Tray Status: Lists the operational status information for a device's fans or fan trays.

  • Cisco Flash File System: Displays the list of files in the flash memory of Cisco devices.

  • Cisco Flash Memory: Displays the amount of flash memory in Cisco devices.

  • Cisco FRU Power Status: Lists the power-related administrative status and operational status of the manageable components in the system.

  • Cisco FRU Power Supply Groups in the system: Displays the redundancy mode and the operational status of the power supply groups in the system.

  • Cisco IOS Image Details: Displays details of IOS in each Cisco device.

  • Cisco Memory Pools: Displays memory pools in Cisco devices.

  • Cisco VLANs: Displays the VLANs to which devices belong.

  • Memory in Cisco Devices: Displays memory pools in Cisco devices.

  • Old Cisco Cards: Displays the cards in Cisco devices.

  • ROM Bootstrap for Cisco Devices: Displays the ROM bootstrap version for selected devices.

NCM F5 Inventory

These reports provide information about the physical entities of the discovered F5 systems and LTM and GTM object activity details.

  • Capacity Planning: Displays capacity details such as CPU usage, memory, and throughput relevant to the F5 devices in your network.

  • Device Inventory: Displays information about the physical entities, software, and state of each F5 device discovered by NCM in your network.

  • GTM Object Activity: Displays details about Global Traffic Manager object activity that indicates usage rates for the relevant devices.

  • LTM Node Inventory: Displays status and configuration information about the Local Traffic Manager node.

  • LTM Object Activity: Displays activity details that indicate usage rates for Local Traffic Manager objects in your NCM-managed network.

NCM Inventory

These reports provide information about physical entities and network services configured on NCM discovered devices.

  • ARP Tables: Displays ARP tables from each device.

  • Interfaces: Displays details about each interface.

  • IP Addresses on Each Interface: Displays the IP addresses assigned to each device.

  • Juniper Physical Entities: Displays information about Juniper physical entities within each device.

  • Last Status Change for Each Interface: Displays the time the status last changed on each interface.

  • Logical Entities: Displays the logical entities within each device.

  • Physical Entities (Serial Number): Displays information about physical entities within each device.

  • Physical Entities (Serial Number) v2: Displays information about physical entities within each device.

  • Switch Ports: Displays spanning tree and VLAN information on each switch port.

  • TCP Services: Displays the TCP services on each device.

  • UDP Services: Displays the UDP services on each device.

NCM Node Details

These reports provide details such as status, availability, response times, events, and alerts for each node under NCM management.

  • ACLs with overlapping rules: Shows a summary of ACLs with overlapping rules for all Cisco and Nexus devices.

    All Nodes: Displays all nodes managed by NCM.

  • Backup Status of Running Config: Displays the timestamp for when the current Running config was backed-up or an indication that it has never been backed up.

  • Backup Status of Startup Config: Displays the timestamp for when the current Startup config was backed-up or an indication that it has never been backed up.

  • Baseline vs. Config Conflicts: Lists configs that differ from the associated baselines.
  • Connection Profiles: Displays the Connection Profile used by each device.

  • Current IOS Image and Version: Displays the current IOS image and version.

  • End of Support Devices: Displays devices that are at the end of their support.

  • Last Boot Time for Each Device: Displays the timestamp for when the device was last booted.

  • Last Inventory of Each Device: Displays the timestamp for when the device was last inventoried.

  • Overall Configuration Changes Snapshot: Displays all changes to the Running, Baseline, and Startup configs.

  • Overall Devices Backed Up vs. Not Backed Up: Displays whether nodes have been backed up.

  • Overall Devices Inventoried vs. Not Inventoried: Displays whether nodes have been inventoried.

  • Overall Running vs. Startup Config Conflicts: Displays where the Running config differs from the Startup config.

  • System Information of Each Device: Displays the System Description, Location and Contact Information discovered from each device.

NCM Polling Status

These reports provide information about polling and rediscovery cycles.

  • Devices that do not respond to SNMP: Displays a list of devices that are not responding to SNMP. Use this report to validate the SNMP Community string on each device.

  • Down Nodes: Displays a list of currently down nodes as recorded in the database.

NCM Route Tables Inventory
  • Route Tables: Displays route tables for relevant devices.

NCM Security

These reports provide information about logins and security settings.

  • Community Strings for Each Node: Displays the SNMP community string used by each device.

  • Login Failure Report: Displays the devices that cannot be logged into and the error information.

  • Login Information for Each Device: Displays the user name, enable level, and community strings for each device.

  • Login Status: Displays any error messages relating to login information for each device.

NCM Windows Server Inventory

These reports provide information about the software and services installed on Windows nodes.

  • Installed Services: Displays installed services for Windows nodes.

  • Installed Software: Displays installed software for Windows nodes.

  • Windows Accounts: Displays Windows accounts for relevant nodes.