SolarWinds SCP-NPM SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) Exam Online Training
SolarWinds SCP-NPM Online Training
The questions for SCP-NPM were last updated at Nov 19,2024.
- Exam Code: SCP-NPM
- Exam Name: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) Exam
- Certification Provider: SolarWinds
- Latest update: Nov 19,2024
Which is not true for Device Studio Poller?
- A . Collects data from Orion Failover Engine or Hot Standby Engines
- B . Can perform logical operations or transformations on the polled data
- C . Polled values are displayed in existing resources
- D . Can poll multiple OIDs for a given technology
A
Explanation:
Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/npm/content/core-testing-device-studio-pollers.htm
How does NPM calculate capacity usage trends?
- A . Volume capacity
- B . Average calculation
- C . Capacity forecasting widget
- D . Historical data
D
Explanation:
Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/npm/content/npm-capacity-forecasting-sw1526.htm#:~:text=Capacity%20usage%20trends%20are%20calculated,precise%20is%20the%20calculated%20forecast
You can display Palo Alto firewalls on Orion Maps.
- A . False
- B . True
B
Explanation:
Reference: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/npm/content/npm-monitor-palo-alto-firewalls.htm
You inherit an environment with NPM and begin to receive High Traffic Utilization alerts from interfaces. When you view the alert, the issue is resolved.
How do you modify NPM to receive fewer false alerts?
- A . Configure the alert so that it triggers only when traffic utilization remains high for a sustained period
- B . Configure the alert so that it resets only when traffic utilization remains high for a sustained period
- C . Increase the status polling frequency on the problematic interfaces
- D . Increase the statistics polling frequency on the problematic interfaces
You use NPM to monitor a set of physical servers. The server team decides to virtualize these servers using VMware.
Which part of your virtual infrastructure will NPM no longer be able to monitor?
- A . Virtualization host hardware health
- B . VM sprawl monitoring
- C . Virtualization host and VM performance metrics
- D . Virtualization environment tree
When a router monitored by NPM reboots, the interface indexes statuses change to unknown in NPM.
What do you do after you remove the unknown interfaces?
- A . Update the NPM internal ID numbers
- B . Manually update the interface indexes
- C . Rum a list of resources on that node and add the interfaces with the updated index IDs
- D . Run the Configuration Wizard to update the interface indexes
After you create an NPM report with custom charts for availability and response time metrics, you schedule the report and add an action to export it. But you cannot export it as an Excel file.
What is the likely reason?
- A . You must link the report with a URL in an email action to run live in the web console
- B . Excel file formats are not supported
- C . The custom charts only support a PDF export
- D . You do not have the permissions to export the report
How do you assign users access to select reports?
- A . Create the reports while logged in as each user and set permissions
- B . Use custom properties and account limitations to control report access
- C . Configure the report and add a Report Limitation. Assign the limitation to users who need access to the report
- D . Save the reports in different sub-directories and set the permissions for each user
Retention policies require you to keep Syslog messages in the database for 9 days before you can discard them. Syslog messages from 8 days ago are missing.
What is likely the issue?
- A . Database compaction runs weekly
- B . Default Syslog retention period is seven days
- C . Default Syslog web filter is seven days
- D . Detailed records are summarized after seven days
You created a Universal Device Poller (UnDP) but cannot find an OID in the MIB tree.
How do you resolve this issue?
- A . Restart the Universal Device Poller
- B . Update the MIB database
- C . Rediscover the node via Network Sonar Discovery
- D . Add the node to NPM for monitoring
B
Explanation:
Reference: https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Diagnostics-Troubleshoot-UnDP-issues?language=en_US#:~:text=When%20you%20use%20the%20Universal,can%20type%20it%20in %20directly