SolarWinds Toolset
Administrator Guide
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About SolarWinds
SolarWinds, Inc develops and markets an array of network management, monitoring, and
discovery tools to meet the diverse requirements of today’s network management and consulting
professionals. SolarWinds products continue to set benchmarks for quality and performance and
have positioned the company as the leader in network management and discovery technology.
The SolarWinds customer base includes over 45 percent of the Fortune 500 and customers from
over 90 countries. Our global business partner distributor network exceeds 100 distributors and
resellers.
Contacting SolarWinds
You can contact SolarWinds in a number of ways, including the following:
Team Contact Information
Sales 1.866.530.8100
www.solarwinds.com
Technical
Support
www.solarwinds.com/support
User Forums www.thwack.com
Conventions
The documentation uses consistent conventions to help you identify items throughout the printed
and online library.
Convention Specifying
Bold
Window items, including buttons and fields.
Italics
Book and CD titles, variable names, new terms
Fixed font
File and directory names, commands and code examples,
text typed by you
Straight brackets, as
in [value]
Optional command parameters
Curly braces, as in
{value}
Required command parameters
Logical OR, as in
value1|value2
Exclusive command parameters where only one of the
options can be specified
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SolarWinds Toolset Documentation Library
SolarWinds Toolset Documentation Library
The following documents are included in the SolarWinds Toolset documentation library:
Document Purpose
Administrator
Guide
Provides installation, migration, and step-by-step
procedures and conceptual information.
QuickStart Guide Provides installation, setup, and common scenarios for
which Toolset provides a simple, yet powerful, solution.
Release Notes Provides late-breaking information, known issues, and
updates. The latest Release Notes can be found at
www.solarwinds.com.
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Contents
About SolarWinds........................................................................................... iii
Contacting SolarWinds................................................................................... iii
Conventions.................................................................................................... iii
SolarWinds Toolset Documentation Library................................................... iv
Chapter 1
Introduction and Installing ...........................................................................1
Editions............................................................................................................1
Requirements ..................................................................................................3
Installing Toolset..............................................................................................4
Upgrading Toolset ...........................................................................................5
Backing Up or Migrating Your Toolset Implementation...................................6
Software License Key......................................................................................7
Understanding the Launchpad ........................................................................8
Managing the Shared Credentials Database..............................................8
Reviewing Local ARP, DNS, IP Configuration, and Route Information ....10
Launching the Command Prompt .............................................................10
Renaming Toolset Launchpad Groups .....................................................11
Reordering Toolset Launchpad Groups....................................................11
Creating and Populating Launchpad Groups............................................11
Modifying Launchpad Startup Behavior....................................................12
Viewing Version Information and Finding Help.........................................12
Chapter 2
Introducing the Tools..................................................................................13
Cisco-Specific Network Tools........................................................................13
IP Address Management Tools .....................................................................15
Network Discovery Tools...............................................................................16
Network Monitoring Tools..............................................................................18
Ping and Network Diagnostics Tools.............................................................19
Security Tools................................................................................................21
SNMP Tools...................................................................................................22
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