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