Sun Microsystems 96257 manual Configuration Planning Overview

Configuration Planning 2

This chapter provides an overview of configuration planning considerations and activities that are used to design a VSM5 system tailored to customer requirements, and to ensure proper implementation of the system.

Designing an optimized VSM5 system to meet specific customer requirements requires close collaboration between Sun personnel (the account representative (AR), systems en- gineers (SEs), and technical support specialists (TSSs)) and key customer decisionmak- ers (network administrators, data center managers, etc.) who are involved with selecting and implementing the system.

Planning for more complex system implementations may require consultation with the Sun Global Professional Services group.

Table 2-1.Configuration Planning Overview

Key High-Level Activities	Key Sub-Tasks	Key Participants
	• Use sizing tools to estimate require-
	ments and propose a VSM5 system
	configuration
• Define customer requirements.	• Create high-level conceptual diagram	• Customer: network adminis-
	of proposed VSM5 system configura-
		trator; data center manager
• Assess budgetary constraints.	tion
		• Sun: account representative;
• Design an optimized VSM5 system	• Create detailed engineering diagram of
		systems support specialist;
based on defined requirements	proposed VSM5 system configuration
		technical support specialist;
and constraints.	• Present VSM5 system physical and
		systems engineer
	functional configuration plans to key de-
	cisionmakers
	• Complete applicable Appendix D work-
	sheets

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