Center for Internet Security - Report for Cisco IOS v2.4.0
Hi,My first post!!! I was wondering if anyone had defined a Compliance report in Orion NCM Policy Reporter to address the security configuration benchmarks laid out in the CIS...
View ArticleNCM Download Config additional info
Hey out there,We've been phasing out of using RANCID as our network configuration backup management tool, and have implemented Solar Winds Network Configuration Manager. However, I was wondering if...
View ArticleReal-time change detection in NCM v7+
Hi, What has happened to the RTCD setup in NCM v7? It seems like a lot has changed and none of the changes have been documented or reflected in the administrator guide.Use of the rtnforwarder.exe for...
View ArticleInterface statistics from many devices in one view
Hi I have tried getting the graphs for "average load" for several interfaces on many difference devices one page but so far with no success.My last attempt used I used "Dynamic Service Groups" and...
View ArticleError with Net Config Generator inventory
Hi all, New to the Solar Winds products and community. Testing out the Config Generator with my Cisco ASA 5510. Im getting a device inventory data retrieval failed. Any advice anyone could give me is...
View ArticlePulling Cisco Serials
Anyone having any luck with a particular field to pull serial number from all switches and routers? I cannot find one that covers them all but somehow it will find it during discovery as I always put...
View ArticleNCM as Inventory Management Tool
Anyone use NCM to manage their network device inventory? We are considering it since NCM captures a lot of into about each device. Currently we use it just to snag the configs of all routers and...
View ArticleWhat method is the easiest procedure for switching out a router
I have to write a procedure for audit reasons on disater recovery of a failed router. What would be the best practice or best method for getting a backed up config onto a new router please? Ashley
View ArticlePull serial numbers for all switches in a 3750 stack?
Is there a way to get the serial numbers from all members of the 3750 stack in a report? The canned report in NCM only gives the master of the stack's serial number. Or is it possible with NPM...
View ArticleAlcatel 6850 Device command template
Hi All, I am in need for Device command template for Alcatel model 6850 switch ...which will help me to take Configuration backup of the switch.I tried few templates that was available in the community...
View ArticleNCM v7.1.1 HotFix1 is Available
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager v7.1.1 HF1http://downloads.solarwinds.com/solarwinds/Release/HotFix/NCM-v7.1.1-HotFix1.zipHotfix 1 corrects the following behavior:The config diff report is...
View ArticleACS Server report
Hello all, I need help creating a report showing devices that are using a certain set of IP's for their TACACS authentication. We have migrated to a new verision of ACS, and need to get all our...
View ArticleCheck expiration of PKI certificates
Hi,We have a lot of Cisco routers in our network and a lot of branches. All of the routers has certificates for DMVPN connectivity.Can we periodically download output of 'show crypto pki certificates'...
View ArticleNCM Policy Reporter Rule Regex
Dear All , I am evaluating solar-winds NCM as a compliance manager and I could see policy reporter has many predefined cisco ios rules I want to create the rules for Cisco XR IOS . If any one can...
View ArticleNCM Encryption community string does not match NPM
I am attempting to perform a inventory on select Cisco network devices. We changed the SNMP community strings this week and many of the devices in NCM appear to not have updated correctly. If I look...
View ArticleSecurity Vulnerability - Physical Path Disclosure
I recently scanned our server that hosts the Network Configuration Manager web interface using Tenable's "Nessus". It returned vulnerabilities regarding the physical path disclosure (one hit for each...
View ArticleCopying the freakin' NPM nodes to NCM DB. It CAN'T be this difficult! (new...
New NCM install (for eval). RTFM-ing until my eyes go buggy. NCM 7.1.1/ NPM 10.4.1. Sorry, there is no "Import" job that can be scheduled - "Import" is not on the drop down menu - I swear!....
View ArticleTransfer Status - Unable to clear all items
I have several items that are not able to be cleared from the Transfer Status using the ADMIN account. The items I am unable to remove are downloads that were tried under other user's accounts. Anyone...
View Articlestartup-config saved on usbflash0
Hi,I have a problem with my startup-config on some cisco devices. If I use the boot config usbflash0:xxx command the NCM can't fetch the startup-config anymore.Is it possible to change the config path?...
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