Integrating and using SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor with GNS3

Overview

What you will study

This Integrating and using SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor with GNS3 course offered by INE Tech begins with a basic overview of NPM hardware and software requirements, so you can get a single machine up-and-running that will host both your GNS3 simulated topology, as well as a virtual-machine running NPM. We then progess on to explaining details and requirements for creating your VM, and how to correctly associate this VM within GNS3 so they can recognize and communicate to each other. You'll learn how to configure NPM to dynamically discover all of the devices within your GNS3 topology as well as any physical lab devices you may have. Finally, you'll learn about an exciting, new feature of NPM version 12.0 called NetPath services.  You'll see how you can play with this feature within the safe confines of your GNS3 environment, as well as deep-dives into how NetPath services actually accomplishes its task using Wireshark packet captures.