Initial design checklist

Document your initial overall design of the deployment.

Each chapter in this guide includes a checklist. “Design and Deployment Checklists” contains all the available checklists.

Table 1. Initial design checklist

Complete	Task	Description	Related documentation
	Determine the configuration of the Service Assurance deployment.	Determine Service Assurance configuration, including the number of Global Managers and how they are organized in the deployment.	“Determine the Service Assurance configuration”.
	Determine the hardware required to support the Service Assurance deployment.	For each Global Manager in the Service Assurance configuration, determine the type of equipment required to support it.	“Hardware for Service Assurance platform equipment tiers”
	Determine the location of the VMware Smart Assurance Broker.	Choose a location for the Broker that will support the deployment.	“Locating VMware Smart Assurance Brokers”
	Determine the location of the License Server.	Choose a location for the License Server that will support the deployment.	“Locating license servers”
	Determine the location of the VMware Smart Assurance Global Managers.	Choose locations for the one or more Global Managers that will support the deployment.	“Locating the Global Managers in the network”
	Determine if the Service Assurance Manager must be configured with failover.	Determine if a high-availability configuration is required.	“Considering failover (high availability) configurations”
	Determine if acceptance tests are required.	Acceptance tests may be required for different portions of functionality. Be aware of the requirements and develop acceptance criteria.	“Designing acceptance tests”