Planning for Network Growth
Starting the Network Performance Advisor
Characteristic | Description |
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Number of Requested Hours | The actual number of hours that have data available. This |
with Data Available | is used with the Number of Hours Requested to obtain the |
| Data Availability. For example, if you requested 10 hours |
| of data, but two of the hours in the time period requested |
| had no data, the Data Availability would be 80%. |
Networks Analyzed | Data was collected by HP TopTools for the networks listed |
| here. |
Time Spanned | The data being reported on was collected during this time |
| period |
| to 5 p.m. would include data through 4:59 p.m.). |
Days Included | You can choose to only report on data collected on |
| weekdays, the entire week, weekend, or a “custom” set |
| of days during the week. |
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Hours Included | You can choose to only report on data collected during |
| selected hours. For example, you may only want to include |
| data collected during the busiest hours of the day. |
Time Initiated | The time the report began running. |
Time Completed | The time the report completed. |
Report Size | The total size (in kilobytes) of the report. |
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Summary of Recommendations Section
The Summary of Recommendations section of the report lists in tabular form the recommendations for network changes without any supporting detail. The format for the Reorganize Your Current Equipment Report is:
■Move node A from Segment 1 to Segment 2
The formats for the Add or Upgrade Equipment Report are:
■Divide Segment 1 into the New Workgroups listed. The bandwidth required for the workgroups and the nodes comprising the workgroups are also listed.
■Convert Segment 1 to a desktop switch, listing those nodes that require 10 Mbps ports and those that require 100Mbps ports.
■Dedicating bandwidth to a “top talker” by moving the top talker to a dedicated 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps segment.
■Upgrade Segment 1 to a faster speed shared media.
