Network Configuration Manager is a component of the SolarWinds suite, primarily utilized for managing configuration items, particularly for devices on the network like switches and routers from various vendors such as Juniper or Cisco. It employs scripts to access these devices, enabling the copying of configurations to SolarWinds for archival and review purposes. Additionally, it facilitates making mass changes, offering convenience in managing configurations across multiple devices.

Our primary use case for this solution is the network configuration.

We use the solution to manage network devices such as Cisco switches, Palo Alto devices, and Cisco devices in our 34 offices worldwide. We use it to ensure that all configurations of these network devices are properly backed up across our network infrastructure.

We have more than 200 devices in our network. We use the product to check all the changes in the configuration and keep a base configuration. If we have new routers or switches, we have to compare them with this standard configuration.

We have deployed SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager in a financial institution. 

The solution is used to control all the equipment, configurations, backups, configuration management, and schedule jobs from a single point. There is a bit of automation involved.

I implemented SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager for one of the large service providers in my building. The solution is used for troubleshooting network or device issues, such as the device not receiving the correct data.

We're interested in utilizing SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager for various purposes, including network monitoring, SNMP monitoring, and creating customized layouts and maps. We're particularly keen on the ability to customize maps to visualize our network infrastructure effectively. Additionally, we value features like the dashboard, which provides insights into recent issues, helping us stay on top of any potential problems.

In our network operations, we employ SolarWinds Configuration Manager to oversee all our devices, including network switches, computers, servers, virtualized equipment, POCs, and power meters. Whenever possible, we activate SMP capability for these devices and utilize it to gain insights into potential issues such as performance degradation, resource exhaustion, or downtime.

With NPM, I've created a couple of dashboards because I have a SOC view. I also have a few device groups because we provide services to customers. We're like a small ISP. So I've set up groups with alerting and maps. Visually, we have screens in the office, so if anything happens on the network, we can see it on our three or four SOC pages. We have all the top ten interfaces, so, at any given time, we can see if there's a lot of bandwidth traffic before it becomes an issue. That's where I use NPM most of the time.

NCM is for backing up the configs, checking compliance, and running backup jobs every night. That's also very helpful. There aren't many tools in the market with configuration backups and conformance checks. What's nice with NCM is you can set up policies that you can then check against the configs to make sure that your device configs are adhering to a baseline or standard that you've set in place. This way, you can get a sort of order to port, which is quite nice.

The primary use cases include configuration compliance, backup and restoration procedures, configuration change management, vulnerability management for core devices, and inventory capture of network devices.

We use the solution to manage the configuration for different vendors.

They are four areas that we use the Network Configuration Manager for

1. Automate configuration backup. 

2. Configuration compliance. We have created checklists for different types of devices and check for configuration compliance as per our config guidelines.

3. Security vulnerability detection for Cisco devices. Identify open CVE's with devices.

4. Firmware upgrades / IOS upgrades of Cisco devices. This feature has seen one major improvement in the ability to perform parallel upgrades.

We are using the solution mainly for running backup jobs and comparing integrations. 

We are using SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager for managing network configurations of our network devices. It helps with configuration management, network visibility and automation, and compliance and reporting. Additionally, the solution can help in mapping out network topology.

I use it for monitoring the entire network for the company. We oversee nodes, we oversee devices heading up to crossing the threshold for CPU usage. We oversee power, we oversee if they're down or if they're failing. We oversee any node down or any router from any vendor. We have MPLS, so we have a lot of those MPLS routers on the node. We can see when those routers are down. 

SolarWinds can give us not only that, but we can also create running tasks. It can schedule backup for the devices. We can do active jobs, we generate reports and oversee and look for any peaks of ranges or network slowness or network interruptions. These events trigger immediate alerts and the alert brings up the attention to the NOC that brings up the troubleshooting with whoever is local, depending upon who manages the network in that place. It's a helpful tool and I really like it.

I'm using SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager to configure and manage devices like Aruba, and it's working fine.

We use this solution to store and manage the configuration of Cisco switches and routers.

I use this to monitor our system. I also use it as a configuration manager where all changes of a configuration are stalled.

SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager can be used for backing up network device configuration. It helps you be more secure when you have a system failure, you can get the information back.

We primarily use the solution to check the configuration for Cisco, Juniper or L3 devices in our network.

We primarily deploy it for our customers. We don't use the solution ourselves. Customers schedule it with us and we troubleshoot for the customer as well. We have files and templates from NCM as well as confirmation templates. We sometimes schedule the backups too.