For more information on NPM, visit: http://www.solarwinds.com/network-performance-monitor.aspx Watch this webcast: http://www.solarwinds.com/resources/webcasts/creating-the-ultimate-network-management-dashboards.html How you create and optimize the dashboards within your network management systems is an important part of your network management strategy. The right dashboards can improve visibility into network performance, decrease problem resolution time, increase staff productivity, and optimize system performance. Creating and optimizing dashboards can improve visibility into network performance, decrease problem resolution time, increase staff productivity, and optimize system performance. Learn best practices for designing and implementing network management dashboards. • Key elements every dashboard should have • Different dashboards for different people • Ways to optimize the performance of your dashboards • Things to avoid in your dashboards • Advanced customization of dashboards and other wicked cool tricks

2. A big “Howdy” from SolarWinds based in Austin, Texas Josh Stephens - Head Geek, Monster Blogger, Constant Tweeter Denny LeCompte – Director of Product Management Today’s Topic: Creating the Ultimate Network Management Dashboards Who is SolarWinds? What we do… Who are our customers? The SolarWinds community… Introduction

5. If not, use the GoToWebinarQ&A panel to contact the moderator

6. How do you win the free stuff?

7. How do you ask questions?

9. Understanding your organization

10. Grouping, Naming, and Labeling

11. Maps

12. Top XX Lists

13. Details Views

14. Best Practices

15. Orion Demonstration

17. They should tell you if there’s a problem “at a glance”

19. Is there a NOC?

20. Do executives need access?

21. Group the users by role/function

22. Network team

23. Systems team

24. Apps team

26. Limit account access to show them only what they need to see

27. Bubble-up for executive views

29. Grouping requires that you have something to group by

30. Document the common traits of your devices

31. Add custom properties, tags, and labels to aid

33. Many times you can convert your Visio drawings to dashboards

34. NOC Views many times are just big maps

36. Include relevant issue resolution data

37. Circuit IDs

38. ISP contact numbers

39. Trouble ticket numbers

41. Customize them for specific business needs

42. By business unit

43. By application

44. By role

45. Top 10 WAN Circuits by Utilization

46. Top 10 Core Switches by CPU

48. Node Details Views

49. Interview Details Views

50. Application Details View

51. Should be specific to type

52. Should include all available data

53. Data from other applications

54. Data from other systems

56. - Slide 15 - Orion Demonstration

57. Summary and Q&A Thank you for attending! To learn more or to download free 30-day trials of SolarWinds products visit: www.SolarWinds.com Contact information Josh Stephens, Head Geek headgeek@solarwinds.com twitter: sw_headgeek Blog: http://geekblog.solarwinds.com p.s. Remember to renew your maintenance!!!