SCP-500 Test 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the default polling interval for nodes in SolarWinds Orion NPM?
- 30 seconds
- 60 seconds (Correct answer)
- 5 minutes
- 10 minutes
Correct answer: 60 seconds
The default polling interval for nodes in SolarWinds Orion NPM is 60 seconds.
Question 2: Which database platform does the SolarWinds Orion Platform natively support?
- MySQL
- Oracle Database
- Microsoft SQL Server (Correct answer)
- PostgreSQL
Correct answer: Microsoft SQL Server
SolarWinds Orion Platform uses Microsoft SQL Server as its backend database.
Question 3: What protocol does SolarWinds primarily use to discover and poll network devices?
- WMI
- SNMP (Correct answer)
- SSH
- NetFlow
Correct answer: SNMP
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is the primary protocol SolarWinds uses to discover and poll network devices.
Question 4: In SolarWinds Orion, what is the role of a 'polling engine'?
- Runs SQL queries to generate reports
- Collects performance and availability data from monitored devices (Correct answer)
- Sets alert thresholds for CPU usage
- Renders dashboard widgets in the web interface
Correct answer: Collects performance and availability data from monitored devices
A polling engine is the Orion component that actively reaches out to monitored devices to gather performance and availability metrics.
Question 5: Which SolarWinds feature allows administrators to monitor custom vendor-specific SNMP OIDs not covered by default?
- Custom Properties
- Universal Device Pollers (UnDP) (Correct answer)
- NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
- IP Address Manager
Correct answer: Universal Device Pollers (UnDP)
Universal Device Pollers (UnDP) allow administrators to define custom SNMP OIDs for monitoring vendor-specific metrics.
Question 6: When configuring SNMP v3 for a node in SolarWinds NPM, which credentials are required?
- Community string only
- Username and read password only
- Username, authentication password, and privacy password (Correct answer)
- SSH private key and passphrase
Correct answer: Username, authentication password, and privacy password
SNMPv3 requires a username, authentication password (and protocol), and optionally a privacy password (and protocol) for secure polling.
Question 7: What does a red 'Node Status' indicator mean in the SolarWinds Orion web console?
- The node is in scheduled maintenance mode
- The node is unreachable or down (Correct answer)
- The node has a warning-level threshold alert
- The node's monitoring license has expired
Correct answer: The node is unreachable or down
A red node status in SolarWinds Orion indicates the node is failing availability polls — it is unreachable or down.
SCP-500 Test 2
What is the default polling interval for nodes in SolarWinds Orion NPM?