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SolarWinds Orion platform monitoring a complex hybrid OT/IT infrastructure with 600+ servers, 30,000 switch ports, and 100+ VoIP devices across Cisco, Fortinet, and Dell F5 network devices. The architecture centralizes network performance monitoring (NPM), configuration management (NCM), IP address management (IPAM), and application performance monitoring (SAM) through a main polling engine backed by SQL Server and distributed additional polling engines. Specialized modules including SEM for security events, SPM for patch management, and WHD for IT service desk provide comprehensive visibility across storage systems (Dell PowerScale NAS), virtual infrastructure (VMware vSphere with 40 ESX hosts and Nutanix), and operational technology applications (MES, SCADA, IIoT, AMR, ASRS). This enterprise-scale deployment demonstrates best practices for monitoring mission-critical OT environments while maintaining IT operational visibility through role-based access control and centralized alerting. Fork this diagram on Diagrams.so to customize module configurations, add additional polling engines, or adapt the architecture for your specific network topology and monitoring requirements.

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How should I architect a SolarWinds Orion monitoring solution for a large hybrid OT/IT environment with thousands of network devices and servers?

This diagram shows a production SolarWinds Orion architecture with main and additional polling engines, centralized SQL Server database, and specialized modules (NPM, NCM, SAM, SEM, SPM, WHD) monitoring 600+ servers, 30,000 switch ports, and OT applications across Cisco, Fortinet, and Dell F5 infrastructure. The distributed polling engine design ensures scalability and redundancy for enterprise-sc

SolarWinds HLD Architecture - CEER OT

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Domain: NetworkingAudience: Network operations and infrastructure managers deploying SolarWinds monitoring across hybrid OT/IT environments
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July 21, 2026

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July 24, 2026 at 9:07 AM

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