Network Monitoring Alerts

A network alert notifies a network administrator that a key health or performance indicator has exceeded its set threshold. This real-time notification allows the administrator to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve any associated issues.

Network alerts constantly monitor your network nodes for any changes in performance or health that exceed specific thresholds. These real-time alerts are then sent via email, text, or other means to the assigned network administrators. Admins can use dashboard drop-downs to set alerting thresholds for a single node or multiple nodes. Alert parameters can be based on simple or complex nested trigger conditions, parent/child dependencies, or other network topology conditions.

A robust network alert system is crucial for monitoring network activity and performance. If an issue goes unaddressed, it could impact end users, cause unacceptable downtime or security risks, and ultimately cost a business money.

SolarWinds NPM comes preconfigured with alerts you can use or modify according to your environment’s needs. You can manage notifications in bulk or by individual nodes, stopping, or starting groups as needed. For a large network alert system, you can use intelligent features to avoid unnecessary network notifications and assign alerts according to people, days, or events. As you build and map your network environment, you can scale your alerting system to achieve full monitoring capabilities. Easily integrate alerting configurations across the Orion Platform, Cisco solutions, and more.