Documentation forNetwork Performance Monitor
Monitoring network performance is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Essentials edition. Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is also available in a standalone module.

Management widget

The Management widget provides direct links to management actions for the viewed node or volume. Available actions depend on the entity selected (node or volume) and on installed SolarWinds Platform products.

Edit Node/Edit Volume

Click Edit Node to directly edit node properties, including the node name and IP address, SNMP version information, polling intervals, and defined custom properties.

Click Edit Volume to configure custom thresholds for the volume.

List Resources

Click List Resources to view the interfaces and volumes on the node and select the interface charts, interfaces, and volumes on the node to monitor.

Pollers

Click Pollers to select a custom statistic to be polled on the node.

Poll Now

Click Poll Now to initiate an immediate, unscheduled poll of the viewed node or volume.

Rediscover

On Node Details view, click Rediscover to complete an interface rediscovery on the viewed node to update all interface indexes.
The Rediscover option also updates node data such as machine type, system name, or location. This information does not often change.

On Volume Details view, clicking Rediscover updates the volume name, volume type, and volume indexes.

MIB Browser

Click MIB Browser to open the MIB tree of available OIDs on the device.

Add New Alert

Click Add New Alert to create a new alert specific for the node on whose details page the widget is.

Delete Node

Click Delete Node to remove the node, all applications, interfaces, and volumes on the node from monitoring.

SSH

Click SSH to open the terminal to log in to the device using SSH. See Access nodes using HTTP, SSH, and Telnet.

Performance Analyzer

Click Performance Analyzer to open default metrics for the node in a PerfStack™ dashboard. Featured metrics include Average CPU load, Average percent memory used, alerts, events, or status.

Maintenance Mode

Hover over Maintenance Mode to set the management state of the viewed node:

  • Click Stop polling the node to suspend data collection.
  • Click Mute Alerts to suspend triggering alerts for the node.
  • Click Schedule to specify or adjust the time period or maintenance mode.

API Poller

Hover over API Poller to review available API poller actions.

See Use API Pollers to monitor metrics via external APIs in the SAM Administrator Guide.