Cisco Systems manual Dial NMS Planning Questionnaire, THEnet, Network Design Questions, Answers

Network Design for a Dial NMS Case Study

Dial NMS Planning Questionnaire

Dial NMS Planning Questionnaire

This planning questionnaire describes information that is essential for creating a dial NMS service definition. A questionnaire helps network engineers make accurate design decisions and consider alternative solutions. The network engineers at THEnet answered the design questions as shown in Table 2.

Table 2	Network Design Questions and Answers
		THEnet
Network Design Questions		Answers
What types of services does your network provide?		Dial Internet access services
		(V.90 analog modem services)
How many dial POP sites are you managing?		Two sites in Austin, Texas
What types of network services will the DIAS support?		•	Residential subscriber
(Network management is based on customer requirements.)			services
		•	Corporate-outsourcing
			services
What is the user-growth projection for the next 5 years?		•	3 months—50,000 users
3 months = Current deployment requirement.		•	1 year—100,000 users
1 year = Current design plan requirement.		• 5 years—1 million users
5 years = Future scalability plan requirement.
What is the user-to-line ratio during busy hours?		10:1
What level of service must you guarantee to your customers?		Guaranteed up time
Do you have redundant connections to the Internet?		Yes
Do you have redundant connections to the NOC?		Yes
What existing servers do you have available in the NOC?		•	SNMP management server
		•	Syslog server
		•	AAA server
		•	Database server
What SNMP framework management system do you want to		HP OpenView (HPOV)
use?
What element management system do you use for collecting and		CiscoWorks 2000 Resource
managing syslog?		Manager Essentials
		(CW2000 RME)
Do you have a preferred platform and operating system for		Yes
monitoring the network?		Sun Sparc, Solaris 2.6
What type of network access servers will you use?		Cisco AS5800s
Do you have a staff of UNIX experts?		Yes

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