SolarWinds Technology Briefing- San Diego CA

SolarWinds Technology Briefing
Hard Rock® Hotel – San Diego, California
February 5, 2018

• Adam Rosenbaum, DOD Sales Manager
adam.rosembaum@solarwinds.com
703.386.2656 (office)
• Arthur Bradway, Senior Federal Sales Engineer
arthur.bradway@solarwinds.com
703.386.2673 (office)
• Paul Parker, Federal & National Government Chief Technologist
paul.parker@solarwinds.com
703.386.2645 (office)
SolarWinds Introductions
© 2018 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Agenda
• SolarWinds Overview
• Orion® Platform Overview
• Network Management Products: Technical Updates
• Systems Management and Database Products: Technical Updates
• Lunch and Networking Break
• Security Products: Technical Updates and Compliance
• Other SolarWinds® Products
• Advanced Topics
• Wrap-up and Q&A

SolarWinds Overview
• Over 250,000 customers in 170 countries; SMB
to Fortune 500®
• More than 425 of the Fortune 500 are
customers
• Every branch of DOD and virtually every
civilian and intelligence agency
• Recognized as the global market share leader
in Network Management Software in the IDC
Worldwide Semi-Annual Software Tracker 1H
2016
• Headquarters in Austin, TX
• Federal Office in Herndon, VA
• 2,200+ employees worldwide

Market Leader in Network Management Software
SolarWinds leads in market share in 1H 2016 IDC Worldwide Semi-Annual Software Tracker

Our VisionManage all things in a hybrid world
• Regardless of where the
applications and underlying
infrastructure are deployed
• Regardless of where our
management products
need to be deployed
• While continuing to take a
user-centric approach –
only buy what you need,
when you need it
Manage all things ITOn-Premises CloudHosted/SaaS
USERS

How We Deliver Our Vision
SolarWinds® Orion Platform

Security
Management
Log & Event
Patch
Product Mission: Enable IT and DevOps pros to
proactively and reactively monitor, alert,
troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure issues.
What We Offer Today
Building toward our future
Network
Management
Performance
Configuration
IP Address
VoIP
Applications &
Management
Servers & Apps
Virtualization
Storage
Database
Management
Database
Performance
Tools
Remote
Troubleshooting
Web Help Desk®
Topology
Mapping
Configuration
MySQL®
Oracle®
SQL Server®
DB2®
SAP® ASE
Device Tracking Secure File
Transfer
Web
Performance
Product Principles: Fast (immediate accessibility),
easy (best-in-class UX), and affordable (starting
price for agencies of all sizes).
Cloud

SolarWinds Success Center
How can we help you?

SolarWinds Federal Partial Government Client List

Orion Platform Overview Agenda
• SolarWinds Orion Platform Architecture
• Scaling for the Enterprise
• Simple Deployment
• Additional Polling Engines
• Additional Orion Servers
• Enterprise Operations Console
• Additional Concurrent Users
• High Availability

Orion Platform
Primary Web Server, Main Polling Engine and Common Services
Orion Platform-wide features:
Discovery, Device Monitoring, Intelligent Alerts, Reports, Events, Syslog, SNMP Traps, Maps, and API
SolarWinds Orion Platform Architecture
Logical view of our platform architecture
Toolset
real-time
trouble
shooting
PM
Windows
patch update
management
DPA
database
performance
monitoring
Flow
Storage DB
Orion DB
MS SQL 2012+
17
Additional Web ServerAdditional Polling Engine High AvailabilityAdd-ons Enterprise Operations Console
Products Integrated
with Orion Platform
SNMP v1, v2c, v3 Windows® WMI
VMware® API
Agents – Windows, Linux®, Unix®, ARM
NTA
IP flows
NPM
interfaces, wireless,
UCS…
NCM
configuration
management
network
security
IPAM
IP address
management
UDT
port
monitoring
network
security
VNQM
VoIP
monitoring
SAM
server &
application
monitoring
WPM
web
application
performance
monitoring
SRM
storage
monitoring
& capacity
planning
VMAN
virtual
monitoring &
management
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Simplest deployment
scenario
Scales to:
• 12,000 network elements
• 10,000 component
monitors
• 50,000 flows per second
• 20+ concurrent users
SolarWinds Simple Orion Platform Deployment
Network, Servers,
Applications, Storage

Monitor and manage
more IT devices
This configuration, with
multiple additional polling
engines, can scale to:
• 100,000 network elements
• 150,000 component
monitors
• 300,000 flows per second
• 20+ concurrent users
(can scale higher with
additional web servers)
• Up to 20 additional polling
engines can be installed
locally or remotely
Orion Data Collection With Additional Polling Engines

Automated high-level
situational awareness
EOC collects, displays, and alerts
on real-time operational status of
all IT devices monitored by all
Orion Servers and can scale to:
• Up to 30 remote or local Orion
Servers can be monitored by
an EOC
• 1,000,000 total elements
(network, server/application)
Enterprise Operations Console (EOC) With Multiple Orion Servers

Enterprise Operations Console 2.0
New Features and Improvements
• Improved data collection, alerting,
global reporting, search, and UI
• Consistent with the Orion Platform
architecture
• Utilize Core options such as Additional
Web Servers, and High Availability
• Leverage cross-platform features like
PerfStack
• New Orion status rollup tiles and
map options
© 2018 SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
*Note: No upgrade path from EOC 1.6.x to EOC 2.0. Although both
versions can run in tandem, EOC 2.0 requires a fresh install on a
new server.

Supports more
concurrent web users
This Configuration Scales to:
• 40 concurrent users
• 20+ on Orion Server
• 20+ on Additional
Web Server
• Each Additional Web Server
adds 20+ concurrent users with
good performance
• Load balancers (not pictured)
can be helpful at distributing
the workload
Scaling the Orion Platform for More Concurrent Users

Monitor and Manage with
High Availability
• Automatic failover
• Main polling engines
• Additional polling engines (APE)
• HA pools with virtual IP
addresses
• Instant notification and alerting
• Customizable rules
• Real-time monitoring
Orion Platform with High Availability (HA)
Standby Orion
Server
Standby
APE
Server Pool #1
Region 2Region 1
Region 2Region 1
Server Pool #2

Enterprise Operations Console
Product Demonstration

Network Management
Enterprise-class network management
Revolutionary network monitoring software with
end-to-end visibility to pinpoint performance
issues
Network Performance Monitor
Automated network configuration and
change management software
Network Configuration Manager
Network traffic analyzer and bandwidth
monitoring software
NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
Eliminate IP conflicts and save time managing
DHCP, DNS and IP addresses
IP Address Manager
Automated device detection, tracking and
switch port management
User Device Tracker
WAN and VoIP QoS performance monitoring
VoIP & Network Quality Manager

Troubleshooting with SolarWinds Products
NetPath™
Automated troubleshooting
for networks
AppStack™
Automated troubleshooting
for systems
PerfStack™
Human troubleshooting
for everything!
Quality of
Experience
In-depth troubleshooting
at the packet level

What is PerfStack?
• Drag and drop any metric into a composite metrics dashboard
• Compare disparate metrics and events across hybrid infrastructure
• Identify patterns and the root cause of problems
• Go back in time to understand the cause of system behavior in the past
• Participating Products: NPM, NTA, NCM, VNQM, SAM, VMAN, SRM, WPM
Cross-stack correlation for your IT data

• Network Performance Monitor
• PerfStack™ Dashboard
• NetPath™ Troubleshooting
• Configuring Reports, Alerts, and Role-Based Access
• Alerts (Mute Alerts by Node, Automated Dependencies)
• Critical / Custom Node Status
• Network Insight for Cisco® Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA)
• Network Insight for F5® Big-IP® Load Balancers
• Monitoring for Cisco Switch Stacks
• SSH® Enhancement
• NOC View and Dashboard Customization
• Network Atlas and Topology Data
• Wireless Monitoring and Wireless Heat Maps
• QoE DPI for Application and Network Response Time
• Doing an SNMP Walk
• ServiceNow® Integration
Network Management Products
Technical review and update

• NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
• Flow Storage Database in NTA 4.x
• Monitor Cisco CBQoS Policies for Dropped Packets
• Using Flow Navigator for Forensics or Detailed Analysis
• PerfStack Dashboard
• Flows from Wireless LAN Controllers
• Network Configuration Manager
• Automated Change Detection
• NetPath Integration
• Network Insight for Cisco ASA
• IOS® Firmware Updates
• Hardware Inventory Including Serial Numbers
Network Management Products (cont’d)

• VoIP & Network Quality Manager
• Search and Filter Call Record Details
• Troubleshoot Cisco and Avaya® VoIP systems
• View Quality Metrics – Jitter, Latency, Packet Loss, and MOS
• Engineer’s Toolset
• Network Troubleshooting Leveraging Orion Platform Integration
Network Management Products (cont’d)

Network Management
Product Demonstrations

Systems Management and
Database Products

Systems and Application Management
Enterprise-class systems and applications management
Troubleshoot and solve performance
issues in applications and the
infrastructure that supports them
Server & Application Monitor
Troubleshoot web performance
issues for internal and customer
facing applications
Web Performance Monitor Storage Resource Monitor
Multi-vendor storage performance
and capacity monitoring
Troubleshoot Hyper-V® and
VMware® environments, plan and
optimize capacity and usage
Virtualization Manager
Prevent systems downtime with a
single view into your entire
application stack
Systems Management Bundle Database Performance Analyzer
Solve complex application performance
problems and accelerate response times

What is the AppStack?
AppStack™ is a feature of the Orion
Platform that allows our products to
share data for contextual visibility,
relationship mapping, and
troubleshooting
More products help ensure that more
details are collected and available.
Server & Application Monitor – Visibility to apps,
OS, servers, and virtualization (basic metrics) layers
for on-premises and hybrid cloud environments
Virtualization Manager – Visibility to VMs, hosts,
clusters, and data store/CSVs with comprehensive
metrics and recommendations
Storage Resource Monitor – Visibility and capacity
planning to SAN and NAS array LUNs, raid groups,
volumes, and disks
Database Performance Monitor – Monitors
database performance for on-premises and hybrid
cloud environments
Web Performance Monitor – Visibility to the end-
user experience for web and SaaS application
transactions

• AppStack Environment
• AppStack Automatic Integration and Visualization, Including “Spotlight”
• AppStack Environment View to Find Dependencies
• Mini AppStack View for a Node View
• Server & Application Monitor
• Azure® Cloud Monitoring (6.5)
• PerfStack Dashboard (PerfStack 2.0)
• New Application Templates, Including Office 365® (6.5)
• AWS® Cloud Monitoring
• Orion Agent for Linux®
• Active Directory® Discovery
• Group Assignments for Application Templates
• AppInsight for SQL Server®, Exchange and IIS™
• Hardware Health (temperature, power, fan speed, etc.)
• Asset Inventory
• Customizable Application Monitoring
• ServiceNow Integration
Systems Management Products

• Virtualization Manager
• Part of the Orion Platform
• Recommended Actions with Batch Execution
• Virtualization Storage Dashboard for Data Store Performance and Capacity Planning
• Azure Cloud Monitoring (8.1)
• Virtualization Sprawl Dashboard
• Change VM CPU/Memory, Power Off VM, Delete Snapshots and Orphaned VMDKs
• Automation Alert to Power Back on a Downed VM Application
• IPAM 4.6 Includes VMware® vRealize® Orchestrator Integration
Systems Management Products (cont’d)

• Database Performance Analyzer
• Query Blocking and Deadlock Analysis
• Enhanced Troubleshooting with AppStack Integration
• Historical Analytics to Identify Trends and Isolate Recurring Problems
• Enhanced Availability Group Support (11.1)
• PerfStack Dashboard (PerfStack 2.0)
• Oracle Adaptive Plans Support
• Deployable On-premises, Virtualized, or in the Cloud
• Monitor Databases in All Environments
• Support for Azure SQL and Amazon Aurora™

• Storage Resource Monitor
• Performance and Capacity Dashboard
• Array Support (EMC®, NetApp®, HP®, etc.)
• Hardware Health
• Storage Device Framework
• Web Performance Monitor
• Use WPM Recorder to Capture a Browser Session Using Web Applications
• Configure WPM Player to Play Back the Recorded Browser Session (transaction)
• Review Results of WPM Player

Systems Management
Product Demonstrations

Security and Compliance Products

SolarWinds Security
Product overviews
A SIEM that makes it easy to use
logs for security, compliance, and
troubleshooting
Log & Event Manager
Automated patching of Microsoft
servers and third-party applications
Patch Manager
Eliminate IP conflicts and save time
managing DHCP, DNS and IP addresses
IP Address Manager
Automated device detection, tracking and
switch port management
User Device Tracker
Easy to use and secure file transfer
management
Serv-U Secure File Transfer
Automated network configuration
and change management software

• Log & Event Manager
• Connectors for Various Log Data Sources
• Correlation Rules
• Architecture
• NIST FISMA and DISA STIGs Compliance Reporting
• Patch Manager
• Third-Party Updates
• Extension to WSUS and SCCM
• Asset Inventory
IT Security Tools

• Network Configuration Manager
• DISA STIGs and NIST FISMA Compliance Reports
• Leveraging Integration with the National Vulnerability Database
• User Device Tracker
• Find Switchport for Specific IP Address for Forensics and Troubleshooting
• Device Watch List and All User Logons
• Rogue Device Detection and Port Shutdown
• IPAM Integration
• IP Address Manager
• DHCP, DNS, IP address Management
• Additional Polling Engine Support (4.6)
• IP Address Tracking
• UDT Integration
IT Security Tools (cont’d)

SolarWinds Compliance Features
• Inventory network device configurations, assess configurations for
compliance, and automate change and configuration management
• Implement configuration of security controls and help assure effectiveness
• Produce FISMA and DISA STIGs reports from configuration templates
• Produce audit documentation and reports
• Configure correlation rules to help assure effectiveness of security controls
• Real-time and continuous monitoring of security controls
• Produce FISMA and DISA STIGs compliance reports from templates
• Supports DISA STIGs requirements for configuration auditing, log analysis,
and broader network security
• Tracks and report suspicious activities/attacks to provide auditing support
Log & Event Manager

SolarWinds Compliance Features
• Trend utilization for capacity planning
• Track multicast or firewall port discards
• Monitor network health and availability
• Identify protocol latency delays
• Produce audit documentation and reports
Network Performance Monitor
• Automate patching of Microsoft® and third-party applications to help
improve compliance
• Schedule patches for minimum downtime
• Inventory software and physical components per server or workstation
Patch Manager

• DISA STIGs and NIST FISMA reports ship with NCM to help IT pros improve compliance
• LEM has a range of features to support DISA STIGs compliance
• Supports DISA STIGs compliance via our real-time monitoring of related events
across systems, network devices, applications, and security tools
• Supports configuration auditing, including logs of relevant STIGs best practices,
configuration changes, installation of unapproved software, and more
• Many of LEM’s out-of-the-box rules can be used to address STIGSs
• LEM also includes DISA STIGs and FISMA compliance reports
DISA STIGs Compliance and Where We Can Help

• Review a blog on how SolarWinds software can help with NIST FISMA/RMF compliance:
https://thwack.solarwinds.com/community/solarwinds-community/product-
blog/blog/2015/08/01/fisma-nist-800-53-compliance-with-solarwinds-products
• Review a blog on how SolarWinds software can help with DISA STIGS compliance:
https://thwack.solarwinds.com/community/solarwinds-community/product-
blog/blog/2011/09/07/disa-stig-compliance-with-log-event-manager
• Watch a federal security compliance video:
http://www.solarwinds.com/resources/videos/solarwinds-federal-security-compliance.html
• Download a SIEM white paper:
http://www.solarwinds.com/resources/whitepaper/siem-speeds-time-to-resolution.html
• Download a continuous monitoring white paper:
http://go.solarwinds.com/fedcyberWP?=70150000000Plgf
Compliance Resources

Other SolarWinds Products

• Web Help Desk
• Trouble tickets
• Integration with Orion alerts
• Asset management
• SmartCard support
• Dameware® Remote Support
• Remote administrations/desktop
• SmartCard support
• Satellite friendly
• Kiwi Syslog® Server
• Centralized log management
• Store, archive, or forward logs
• Generate alerts and reports
Other SolarWinds Products

Advanced Topics

• Orion Diagnostic and Poller Checker Tools
• Integration Options - SDK/API
Advanced Topics

• Learn more about PerfStack: http://www.solarwinds.com/perfstack
• Watch an NPM 12 demo: http://www.solarwinds.com/resources/videos/solarwinds-npm-your-complete-network-monitoring-solution.html
• Checkout what’s new in VMAN 8: http://www.solarwinds.com/virtualization-manager/whats-new
• Visit our federal website: http://www.solarwinds.com/federal
• Contact SolarWinds federal sales team: phone- 877.946.3751 email- federalsales@solarwinds.com
• Download our scalability white paper: http://www.solarwinds.com/resources/whitepaper/orion-scalability-tech-tip.html
• Visit our THWACK® government group: http://thwack.com/government
• Follow us on LinkedIn®: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solarwinds-government
Additional Resources
Let us know how we can help you

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