Automating IOS update
We are looking to see if it is possible within NCM to automate the process of upgrading Cisco IOS. Where Solarwinds actively searches for nodes that have code that differs from our standard and...
View Article3850 stack switch upgrade
I am trying to find a process to do a IOS update on several stacks of 3850 switches. Has anyone run into this issue? Thanks
View ArticleNCM - backup F5 devices (UCS) - file saved in two places
Hi all, NCM 7.6. I am attempting to use NCM to back-up configuration of our F5 devices, specifically the *.UCS backups, and have followed the instructions at Back up the F5 UCS file in NCM 7.5 and...
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What is the difference between Admin Status and Operational Status
When I look at the "Interface Details" of one of my devices in NCM, I see that the "Admin Status" is up on my ppp interface while the "Status" (Operational Status) is down. What is the difference...
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NCM Upgrade fails on DB
I have been trying to upgrade my NCM installation to the latest version 8. Everything is fine until it gets to the DB, then it fails: I have found the following on then SQL server logs:Login failed for...
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NCM 7.5 - How to get Palo Alto Networks configs downloaded as XML
I was excited when I saw that 7.5 is going to support binary downloads. I'm hoping that will allow me to download configs from some PA-200 firewalls as XML, rather than the text (?) output that is...
View ArticleNCM - backup F5 devices (UCS) - file saved in two places
Hi all, NCM 7.6. I am attempting to use NCM to back-up configuration of our F5 devices, specifically the *.UCS backups, and have followed the instructions at Back up the F5 UCS file in NCM 7.5 and...
View ArticleCant connect to Solarwinds SCP server
Community, I am trying to test an NCM Firmware Upgrade Template using SCP. The template works the way I want it to using TFTP, but when my switch tries to connect to my Solarwinds server using SCP, the...
View ArticleWhere on earth is this in NCM?
Hello, I cannot for the life of me figure out what this part of the NCM Admin Guide is referring to. It mentions an 'Interfaces' tab with an 'Interface Details' list... where?I know about the...
View ArticleAnsible NCM vs Cisco NSO
Hi I found that thread https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/4wvvmr/enterprise_level_network_orchestration/ I know where NCM is lacking features but ?..500000$ for NSO sounds expensive...Let...
View ArticleConfig Alerting
Hello my fellow Thwackians, Just have a general question. I know Solarwinds can create alerts for interfaces and can store and compare configs of the devices it is monitoring; but can it create an...
View ArticleSFTP/SCP Server for Cisco CUCM (Call Manager / Unity) Backups
Please excuse my ignorance, I'm new to NCM and not the voice or network engineer at our site. I am upgrading SolarWinds to a new server target (because the latest Orion requires a new Win2016 OS) and...
View ArticleHP ProCurve SNMPv3
I recently had to add some monitoring of HP switches to my Cisco network. HP switches are not my strong suit but I wanted to provide my documented steps to assist other people. Hopefully this will help...
View ArticleMaximum number of network devices in NCM?
Hello there, I wanted to ask your opinion for the maximum capacity of network devices in NCM. Recently I encountered scenario with around 70.000 devices.When checking the scalability guide, NCM can...
View Article3850 stack switch upgrade
I am trying to find a process to do a IOS update on several stacks of 3850 switches. Has anyone run into this issue? Thanks
View ArticleCreate New Job in NCM
Hi All, I thought this would be simple to do in NCM but I can't figure out how. We are trying to run a "show version" job across all our Cisco devices that will show us if we have any IOS XE out there...
View ArticleHow we configure SNMP V3 trap in solarwinds
Hi, In solarwinds how we configure the SNMP V3 trap.We didnot find any we SNMP trap configure In Solarwinds Dashboard.Only we have SNMP Trap viewer Section(Alerts & activity>Traps) for...
View ArticleNCM 7.9 and Cisco Routers
Has anyone tried the following? Would the following be possible, and if so, any suggestions are appreciated: I want to have NCM log into specific Cisco routers once or twice a dayRun a couple of...
View ArticleNCM - Change Voice VLAN
Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to NCM and I decided to come here for help versus blindly trying to figure this out on my own. I'm looking for the easiest way to modify the Voice VLAN on Cisco switches....
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