This is a HUGE issue for us right now. I have also seen other posts from other people regarding this issue. SolarWinds proclaims to offer configuration of device dependancies in their sales promos, but when you get down to really using the product, it does not seem to offer a true understanding of device dependancies and keeping your email from being clogged from alerts on dependant devices when a core device goes seems impossible. I have spoken with several technical support members from SolarWinds regarding this including case # 122831 and 122566 and have not received any method for truly handling/recognizing dependencies in NPM.
For example... if you have a core router --> distribution switch --> access switch --> multiple servers
It would make sense that if the access switch went down then you would expect an alert on the access switch, but would not want hundreds of alerts on all of the servers attached to it.
Likewise, if the distribution switch went down then you would expect an alert on the distribution switch, but would not want an alert on the access switch or any of the servers that rely/depend on the distribution switch.
NPM 9.5 SP5
Thank you for your assistance/consideration.