Engineer’s Toolset delivers a comprehensive collection of must-have networking tools ranging from monitoring, discovery and diagnostics tools. By taking advantage of Engineer’s Toolset you can quickly diagnose, isolate and find the root cause to the problems affecting your network. Join SolarWinds product management team for this webinar where you will learn: • Introduction to SolarWinds Workspace Studio • Top 10 commonly used tools in Engineer’s Toolset • Tips and Tricks for getting the most out of Engineers Toolset • Engineer’s Toolset integration with Network Performance Monitor (NPM) • Engineer’s Toolset integration with Network Topology Mapper (NTM)

1. Best Practices for Getting the Most out of
Engineer’s Toolset
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A Few Notes about Today’s Session
» Today’s content will cover the Tips
& Tricks for Engineer’s Toolset
 We’ll also show integration features
with NPM and NTM
» Ask questions!!!
 No attendee left behind
 Don’t wait until the end – ask
questions using the chat box and we
will do our best to cover them all
» Today’s Session is being recorded
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Cliton Godinho
Product Manager
SolarWinds
Brad Hale
Product Marketing
SolarWinds

3. Today’s Agenda
» Introduction to SolarWinds® Workspace Studio®
» Top 10 commonly used tools in Engineer’s Toolset
» Tips and Tricks for getting the most out of Engineers Toolset
» Engineer’s Toolset integration with Network Performance
Monitor (NPM)
» Engineer’s Toolset integration with Network Topology
Mapper (NTM)
» Q&A
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What is Toolset?
» Collection of over 50 network monitoring, diagnostic,
discovery, and Cisco® tools
» Configuration management
» Diagnostics
» IPAM/DNS/DHCP
» Log Management
» Network Discovery
» Network Monitoring
» Security
» SNMP
» Break Fix / Troubleshooting tools as opposed to continuous
monitoring
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Introduction to SolarWinds Workspace Studio
» Platform/Environment to troubleshoot and isolate issues
» Deploy, group, and connect network management tools
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IP Network Browser
» Performs network discovery on a single subnet or range of
subnets
 Provides detailed information about the devices on your network
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Network Performance Monitor
» Fault and performance monitoring tool
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TFTP Server
» Upload and download executable images and configurations
to routers and switches
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Ping Sweep
» Scans a range of IP addresses to identify which are in use and
which are free
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Bandwidth Gauges
» Real-time traffic and bandwidth utilization and monitoring
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IP Address Management
» Actively manage which IP addresses are in use on your
network across multiple subnets
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Real Time Interface Monitor
» Displays statistics from multiple routers and switches
simultaneously
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Switch Port Mapper
» Remotely discover devices connected to each port on a switch
and create a logical map of which ports are associated with
which IP addresses
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Subnet Calculator
» Calculator for classful subnets, CIDR, and subnets that shows
details for each address
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Cisco Config Viewer
» Download, edit, and upload configurations
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Tips and Tricks for getting the most out of
Engineers Toolset
» Deprecated Tools (Program files> SolarWinds> Toolset)
» Workspace Studio
» Toolset Launch Pad
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Engineer’s Toolset integration with Network
Performance Monitor (NPM)
» Orion® platform is a family of products built on a common
platform that forms a Network Management System
 Network Performance Monitor (NPM), Server & Application Monitor
(SAM), Network Configuration Monitor (NCM), NetFlow Traffic
Analyzer (NTA), IP Address Manager, User Device Tracker (UDT), VoIP &
Network Quality Manager (VNQM), Web Performance Monitor (WPM)
» Collects data over time (trending)
» Altering
» Customizable, multi-user web interface
» Reporting
» Toolset Integration Tray (Integration)
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Engineer’s Toolset integration with Network
Topology Mapper (NTM)
» SolarWinds NTM is a tool built to Discover & Map your
network
» Provides L2 & L3 Network Maps
» Identify and map Unmanaged switches
» ETS integrates into NTM
» Why do you need NTM?
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Summary and Q & A
» Cliton Godinho, Product Manager
 cliton.godinho@solarwinds.com
» Brad Hale, Product Marketing Principal
 brad.hale@solarwinds.com
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