Network Readiness Assessment
At a high level, network assessments fall into two major categories; Readiness Assessment and Vulnerability Assessment. The needs of the IT organization will dictate the type of assessment that is required. In this article, we will discuss what network readiness assessment is and what tool can help to do network readiness assessment.A readiness assessment will establish a working baseline and reveal if there are any performance or misconfiguration issues in the network.
For example, in preparation for rolling out VoIP on your network, you need to understand all of the key network performance indicators including:
*Discovery of L2/L3 network topology and routing
*How many devices/hosts are connected
*Â Device operating system revisions
*Traffic patterns and peak utilization on all links
*Top talkers and traffic sources and destinations
*Packet loss, jitter and latency on all links
*Configuration of QoS and security
*If key traffic flows meet performance requirements
Without the detailed information provided by a Readiness Assessment, network architects or consultants cannot design or recommend the right mix of changes or upgrades to equipment or systems to ensure overall network or VoIP performance.
Many software companies have been trying to develop a tool that can improve the network assessment productivity significantly; however, few of them can overcome all challenges. NetBrain Architect Edition is a state-of-the-art solution that brings a high level of automation to network assessment and network design. For example, you don"t need to write an assessment document anymore, because the new advancements allow you to edit on top of automatically created documents, saving countless hours.
In a word, by using NetBrain Architect Edition, network consultants can automate their network assessments and minimize the time spent to discover and analyze customer networks and then generate detailed network assessment documentation. Â For more details, please click network assessment solution.