Network monitoring
Network monitoring observes the performance and availability of the network devices that are crucial for your network. Performance metrics are gathered from the different network devices in your environment. You can pivot easily between metrics, traces, and custom data to quickly solve performance problems.
For network devices, SolarWinds Observability SaaS collects metrics, such as CPU or memory usage, and additional data, such as interface details. If you collect NetFlow on your devices, the data can also be displayed in SolarWinds Observability SaaS.
Monitor a network device in SolarWinds Observability SaaS
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Specify devices to monitor. This might require installing and configuring a Network Collector, configuring Platform Connect, or just adding network devices for monitoring. See Add a network device.
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To get an overview about network devices already monitored in SolarWinds Observability SaaS, go to the Network area overview.
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To get details about a specific device, find the device in the Entity Explorer and go to the Details view for the network device. You will see details on monitored metrics and elements on the device in individual tabs, such as Interfaces, Volumes, Flows, Sensors,...
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To analyze data, check out the results of the traces and monitoring in the Metrics Explorer. See Analyze data.
Monitor elements and data relevant for network devices or specific device types
The following components and related data may be monitored on the network device. Data displayed in the SolarWinds Observability SaaS depend on what data a specific device provides.