This article provides a detailed breakdown of every hardware, software, and database requirement for SolarWinds NPM 2020.2.6, including distinctions between evaluation, production, and enterprise deployments.

Server Core or Nano installations are not supported .

| Port | Protocol | Purpose | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 80 / 443 | TCP | Web Console (HTTP/HTTPS) | | 1433 | TCP | SQL Server connection | | 17777 | TCP | Agent communication / polling engine | | 161 | UDP | SNMP polling | | 162 | UDP | SNMP traps | | 25 | TCP | Email (SMTP – optional) | | 53 | UDP | DNS resolution |