Solarwinds Enterprise Operations Console (EOC)

Built for large, distributed SolarWinds environments, SolarWinds Enterprise Operations Console (EOC) serves as a single “command center.” It gives NOC and ops teams a unified view across multiple SolarWinds Platform instances, allowing them to triage enterprise-wide health, correlate alerts, and spot cross-site issues without constantly jumping between consoles.

Why teams choose this platform

• One Console, Many Sites: Consolidate visibility across geographically distributed SolarWinds deployments (“SolarWinds Sites”).
• Enterprise-Scale Roll-Up: Support up to 100 attached sites and 2 million total elements (nodes/interfaces/apps/alerts/events).
• Live, On-Demand Data: Use SWIS Federation to query connected sites when needed, eliminating heavy duplicate historical storage.
• Faster NOC Triage: Global alerting and status views help you prioritize what is breaking across regions.
• Clean Operations: Built specifically to manage distributed models, such as multi-region setups, M&A integrations, or MSP-like segmentation.

SolarWinds EOC: At a Glance

• What it is: A centralized command center that aggregates status, alerts, and reporting across multiple SolarWinds Platform instances.
• Best For: NOC dashboards, enterprise roll-up reporting, multi-site visibility, and cross-region incident triage.
• Licensing Model: Subscription/maintenance entitlement (sometimes included with specific Enterprise bundles).
• Activation: Apply your SolarWinds activation key via License Manager (online or offline workflow).
• Required Data: Number of SolarWinds sites, approximate total elements, versions in use, and connectivity constraints.

License Overview

The SolarWinds EOC license enables the server to operate as a centralized roll-up console for your distributed SolarWinds Platform deployments (“SolarWinds Sites”).

Sizing & Strategy: Procurement planning starts with two main factors: how many sites you need to attach and the total element scale you expect across them. These drive your sizing and architecture. Once purchased, your entitlement is associated with your Customer Portal account. You activate it on the EOC server using the SolarWinds License Manager with an activation key (supporting both online and offline workflows).

Deployment Context: EOC deploys as its own server, separate from other SolarWinds Platform products. It is designed to query connected sites for live, on-demand visibility rather than forcing you to rebuild each site’s monitoring stack.

Buying Success: Success means aligning site count, expected element scale, version alignment, and security rules early. This prevents rework during rollout and ensures an enterprise-ready command center that is easy to support.

Product Overview

SolarWinds EOC sits above your existing SolarWinds Platform instances to provide a unified enterprise view, without replacing local monitoring.

Core Technical Flow

1. Deploy Separately: Install EOC on a dedicated server (do not install on an existing SolarWinds Platform server).
2. Attach Sites: Connect EOC to each SolarWinds Platform instance you want to roll up.
3. Federated Querying: EOC uses SWIS Federation to request data (status/alerts/inventory) from each site on demand.
4. Enterprise Triage: Operators view cross-site alerts, health summaries, and reporting from one place.
5. Keep Local Ownership: Each site remains responsible for local configuration and history; EOC provides the enterprise lens.

Operational Outcomes

• Faster Triage: See what is breaking across regions immediately.
• Better Standardization: consistent NOC views and leadership reporting.
• Less Console-Hopping: Unified visibility for M&A, multi-region, or segmented operations.

Ordering Guide and Pricing

Ordering SolarWinds EOC is driven by the number of SolarWinds sites you will attach and the total element scale across them (nodes/interfaces/apps/alerts/events).

Pricing Factors:

• Site Count: Current sites + growth.
• Scale: Total element count.
• Connectivity: Constraints between EOC and each site.
• Bundling: Standalone EOC vs. inclusion in an Enterprise bundle.

Quick Guidance

• Know your stats? If you have site count + total elements, you are 80% sized.
• Unsure? Share: “How many Orion/SolarWinds Platform servers do we have today?” and “How many will we have after growth/M&A?”

Activation Guide For SolarWinds Enterprise Operations Console

EOC uses standard SolarWinds activation via License Manager.

Connected / Online Activation

1. Log in to Customer Portal.
2. Retrieve activation key.
3. Open License Manager.
4. Activate online.
5. Entitlement applied.

Controlled / Offline Activation

1. Retrieve activation key via approved channel.
2. Use License Manager offline workflow.
3. Apply activation response file.
4. Entitlement applied without direct internet on the EOC server.