SolarWinds Practice Exam

A network engineer has been asked to monitor an Object Identifier (OID) using a custom poller. The custom poller does not seem to be working, so the engineer takes a packet capture from the router in question. To best filter the capture data and determine if the router is sending information about that OID, what would the engineer filter on?

When is NetFlow data exported from a router to a NetFlow collector?

While attempting to monitor a Windows 2003 Server using WMI, a network management system is unable to pull the requested values from the server. Packet traces reveal that the requests are making it to and from the server. What is the most likely cause of the problem?

Your network management system (NMS) leverages WMI to query Windows servers for status. Each of the servers is a part of the same Active Directory domain and utilizes the same credentials for login and authorization. Overnight, one of the servers stops responding to queries from the NMS. A quick check reveals that the server is otherwise running normally. What should you check or verify next?

A managed service provider (MSP) is planning to deploy a network management system (NMS) to monitor multiple customer networks. The MSP must choose between a centralized or distributed management architecture. What are the two most important factors to consider? (Choose two.)

A switch has started to show recent CPU spikes and buffer misses. No users have complained. You are able to telnet to the device, but the device has stopped responding to SNMP.   What is the most likely cause?

Which list of protocols is in order from lowest impact on network bandwidth to highest impact on network bandwidth?

 Which type of Syslog message indicates the lowest severity level?

Which protocol is the most secure for establishing remote terminal access to a system?

Which aspect of network monitoring typically causes a network management system (NMS) database to grow quickly?

Which calculation should you use to filter out peaks in network utilization data?

Your network management system (NMS) indicates that a device is down. As a troubleshooting step you attempt to telnet to the device, and you are able to successfully connect. However, pinging the device fails. What should you do next to troubleshoot this situation?

You have recently started deploying a new type of router on your network. What should you do to ensure that the SNMP traps received from these devices are correctly interpreted by your network management system (NMS)?

Your company outsources CRM to a SaaS company. Users are complaining that the CRM is down. You are able to verify that Internet connectivity is good and that other Internet sites can be accessed. You contact the CRM provider and find that none of their other customers are having issues. You attempt to ping the IP address from your network management system (NMS), but the ping fails. After reviewing recent changes to your outside router's configuration, you determine that an access control list (ACL) update is causing the problem. At which layer of the OSI model is the problem occurring?

You need to create an account that can see only a subset of the nodes being monitored by Orion NPM. What would you add to the account to make this possible?

One of your network engineers is using both Orion NPM and Engineer's Toolset. The engineer cannot access the toolset from within the Orion Web Console.

Universal Device Pollers (UnDP) can be applied to which two object types? (Choose two.)

Where should an alert be created for a Universal Device Poller (UnDP)?

What can be accomplished with the Report Grouping feature in Report Writer?

You have been asked for a report that shows the top 50 interfaces by percent utilization.   What is the most time-efficient way to create this report in Orion NPM?

You have been asked to provide reports on bandwidth utilization during business hours for each of your remote sales offices for the last month. How should you design this report in Orion NPM?

In Orion NPM, you want to send an alert to Engineer A first. If Engineer A fails to acknowledge the alert within 30 minutes, you want to send the alert to Engineer B.  Which two settings must be defined to achieve this type of alert escalation? (Choose two.) 

You have added several WAN routers from different company sites to a network map and added a link line connecting the routers.   How do you display link status on an Orion NPM map?

During the planning process, which two factors determine the license level required for Orion NPM? (Choose two.)

What do you call Orion's Network Atlas feature where it automatically creates graphical connections between network objects in the map by using CDP and MAC address information?

In adding nodes to NPM, which of the following are sample polling methods that you can use. Select all that apply.

Which of the following services can you monitor using Orion NPM's NetPath? Choose two (2).

You have been tasked by your IT manager to set up a dashboard in Orion NPM where he can simultaneously view: (1) a network map of your DR site showing the status of the WAN connection going to the main site and (2) a graphical chart of the interface traffic, errors and availability for the WAN connection. Which of the following is NOT a required step in accomplishing this task?

When adding a Windows server as a node into Orion NPM, what particular component do you add in List Resources that will enable you to poll the number of RAM slots on the server?

As an Orion NPM administrator, you encountered an error in one of the website's resources and would like to troubleshoot and fix the issue. Which of the following can provide you information on how to accomplish this? Select all that apply.