SCP-500 SCP-500 Network Configuration & IP Management 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which SolarWinds module enables automated backup, comparison, and compliance auditing of network device configurations?
- Network Configuration Manager (NCM) (Correct answer)
- Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
- Server & Application Monitor (SAM)
- Log Manager
Correct answer: Network Configuration Manager (NCM)
NCM connects to routers, switches, and firewalls via SSH/Telnet/SNMP to download running configs, detect changes, and enforce compliance policies.
Question 2: In SolarWinds NCM, what feature automatically detects when a device configuration has changed and records the difference?
- Config Change Detection and diff view (Correct answer)
- Node down alert
- NetFlow top talker report
- Subnet scan
Correct answer: Config Change Detection and diff view
NCM polls device configs on a schedule; when a new backup differs from the previous, it stores a diff and can trigger an alert or ITSM ticket.
Question 3: What SolarWinds NCM capability allows administrators to push a standardized configuration snippet to multiple devices simultaneously?
- Config Change Templates / Bulk Config Push (Correct answer)
- IPAM subnet reservation
- AppStack view
- WPM transaction recorder
Correct answer: Config Change Templates / Bulk Config Push
NCM Config Change Templates let administrators define a config block (e.g., NTP server, SNMP community) and deploy it to selected devices in bulk.
Question 4: In SolarWinds NCM, what compliance policy feature checks device configurations against a defined rule (e.g., 'no telnet must be present')?
- Config Policy / Compliance Rule (Correct answer)
- Availability threshold
- Baseline deviation alert
- SNMP trap filter
Correct answer: Config Policy / Compliance Rule
Compliance Rules in NCM use regex or text-match conditions to flag devices whose configs violate organizational or regulatory security standards.
Question 5: Which SolarWinds NCM feature provides an inventory of hardware (model, serial number, OS version) collected from device 'show' commands?
- Hardware Inventory / Node Inventory Report (Correct answer)
- NetFlow interface chart
- Application Monitor Template
- IPAM DHCP scope view
Correct answer: Hardware Inventory / Node Inventory Report
NCM parses CLI output from commands like 'show version' to build a structured hardware inventory, including OS versions for patch planning.
Question 6: In SolarWinds NCM, what is the purpose of a 'Config Archive' rollback?
- Restore a previous known-good configuration to a device (Correct answer)
- Reset alert thresholds to defaults
- Purge old syslog messages
- Re-baseline performance metrics
Correct answer: Restore a previous known-good configuration to a device
NCM's Config Archive stores timestamped backups so administrators can restore a prior config to a device if a change causes an outage.
SCP-500 SCP-500 Network Configuration & IP Management 1
Which SolarWinds module enables automated backup, comparison, and compliance auditing of network device configurations?