SolarWinds allows you to confirm which metrics (contributors) are used to determine node status. In the node status contributors configuration, you can check if CPU load is included for status calculation. This ensures that CPU thresholds are considered when evaluating overall node health.
References:
NPM Administrator Guide: Node Status Contributors and Health Calculation

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To request an update to the SolarWinds MIB database, you must provide a complete SNMP walk or MIB walk from the device in question. This allows SolarWinds to identify and incorporate new OIDs and their definitions into the database.
From the documentation:
"Submit a request with a full SNMP walk or MIB walk output from your device. This provides the necessary OID and device structure for the SolarWinds team to update the MIB database." References:
NPM Administrator Guide: Submitting MIB Update Requests

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SolarWinds provides several statistics for network capacity planning, most notably:
Memory usage data on nodes: Useful for forecasting resource exhaustion on network devices.
Receive utilization on interfaces: Essential for predicting bandwidth saturation and planning upgrades.
The documentation states:
"Key statistics for network capacity planning include interface utilization trends (receive and transmit) and memory utilization, which allow for forecasting and proactive infrastructure management." References:
Network Performance Monitor Administrator Guide, "Capacity Planning and Trending" SolarWinds Success Center: "Network Capacity Planning"

The "top talkers" feature tracks the highest-bandwidth consumers in your network. Lowering the optimization value means more flows and more detailed data are collected and stored, which can increase the storage requirement on your server.
Exact Extract from Official Guide:
"Decreasing the Top Talkers optimization value results in the storage of more detailed data, which increases the database and storage requirements."
- (Network Performance Monitor Administrator Guide, "NetFlow and Top Talkers Optimization" section) References:
Network Performance Monitor Administrator Guide, NetFlow and Top Talkers Optimization