Basic
information checklist
Use the checklist shown in Service Assurance information checklist
to aid in gathering information for your
design. Each chapter in this guide includes a checklist. “Design and Deployment Checklists”
contains all available checklists.
Complete
| Task
| Description
| Related documentation
|
|---|---|---|---|
Determine the number of
managed devices and applications in the environment.
| Document all quantities
in the deployment build guide.
| ||
Estimate potential
growth in quantity of managed devices.
| The deployment must
support potential network growth. Estimate the growth over a specific time
period. Document the calculations in the deployment build guide.
| ||
Get the organization’s
testing/acceptance requirements.
| Your design may be
required to meet test and acceptance requirements. Obtain any specifications
that cover integration testing, user acceptance testing, and operational
acceptance testing. You may be required to write an installation or deployment
report that follows an organization’s particular standards.
| “Determine
requirements for installing software” | |
Describe the
organization’s requirements for installing new software.
| Document these
requirements and how the design meets them in the deployment build guide.
| “Determine
requirements for installing software” | |
List the products that
currently monitor the network and will be integrated with the
VMware Smart Assurance deployment.
| Document the products
(including version) in the deployment build guide.
| ||
Describe the network
security.
| Describe security
features that will affect the deployment.
Document the security
features in the deployment build guide.
| “Gather network
security information” | |
List any other network
requirements or features that may affect the
VMware Smart Assurance deployment.
| Document the features in
the deployment build guide.
| “Other network
features affecting Smarts” |