SolarWinds NCM Connector for Cisco SmartAdvisor
Saw this came out and took a look at the documentation. Is there a special kind/level of Cisco account/access you need for this to work? I have a Cisco.com account that is linked to my contracts (lets...
View ArticleConfiguration Download Performance
I have a daily job configured to download Cisco startup and running configurations. The job has a total of 109 devices spread across two pollers w/ an 80 / 29 split. If the Simultaneous...
View ArticleHow do you SSH to your devices?
When SSHing to devices, do you prefer Credentials-based authentication or Certificate-based authentication?
View ArticleDo you need Network Automation?
I would like to find out details on use cases for network automation, especially in the context of configuration and change management. Please vote and ideally, leave a comment.
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NCM & RegEx.... What am I doing wrong????
I am trying to compare the startup config and the running config from a Cisco 2960. I am trying to get NCM to ignore the crypto section of the 2 configs because they will never match. So far I have...
View ArticleNCM v7.4.1 Hot Fix 2 is Now Available
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) 7.4.1 Hotfix 2http://downloads.solarwinds.com/solarwinds/Release/HotFix/NCM-v7.4.1-HotFix2.zip Hotfix 2 addresses the following issue:Download config job...
View ArticleAutomatically assigning node group to device
Hi Guys, In NCM I would like to automatically assign a node group to a device. More or less in the same manner as normal groups can be filled using dynamic queries. I want to use this to create a...
View ArticleCompare Nodes - Loading Error
Hello All... I'm new to posting questions, but for the life of me I can't figure out why when I try to compare nodes, the second configuration just keeps sitting in a loading state. Please help
View ArticleNCM Policy Report Rule for Unauthorized User Account
One of my clients would like to detect any unauthorized user account on device configs such that only USER A & USER B must reside on the config. I'm having a hard time checking every rule to...
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NCM Config Comparison.. Frustrating.... :(
Good afternoon NCM Community.... I am still finding config comparison in NCM is frustrating and illogical.... Every RegEx expression I try to create as an exclusion fails. The end result is to call...
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NCM exclusions that work (cisco: written by, end, & crypto lines)
Tired of seeing your NCM config change reports filled with false positives. Here are some exclusions that work for ASA and IOS.
View ArticleNCM - how do I backup a node via intermidient device ?
Hi,I have some switches that in order to login to them, it is needed to login to a different device before.in Kiwi it was quite simple - there was a "Connect Via".How do I do it with NCM ?
View ArticleAnyone use NCM to execute SSH scripts on OSX or Linux machines?
I'm trying to run some scripts on several of our OSX devices scattered across the country.I can easily interactively logon and complete this task but when I use a generic device template or a modified...
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NCM & RegEx.... What am I doing wrong????
I am trying to compare the startup config and the running config from a Cisco 2960. I am trying to get NCM to ignore the crypto section of the 2 configs because they will never match. So far I have...
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Asterisk in Regular Expression String - Please help!
I'm creating a compliance rule that will look to see if there are any snmp-server community strings that are not compliant with the rule. Unfortunately, one of the existing strings has an asterisk in...
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Do you need Network Automation?
I would like to find out details on use cases for network automation, especially in the context of configuration and change management. Please vote and ideally, leave a comment.
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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 ArticleMultiple vendor config comparison
Hi Thwackers,I have a Query. First time poster & a beginner using SW so please forgive me if im in the wrong section etc.ive spent a number of hours reading documents & watching vids on here...
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