SolarWinds Certified Professional – Network Performance Monitor — Question 31

You configure an alert to send you an email when you have a high CPU load on your devices. Your NPM web console shows several devices have high CPU utilization, but you have not received any emails. What could be the issue?

Answer options

• A. The alert threshold is set too high
• B. The hardware resources assigned to the system are too low
• C. The alerts are muted on the devices
• D. SNMP is not configured on the devices

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because muted alerts on devices would prevent the system from sending email notifications despite high CPU usage. Options A and B do not directly relate to the failure of email notifications, and D would typically prevent the device from reporting its status at all, rather than just muting the alerts.