Basic Service Assurance information checklist

Use the checklist shown in Service Assurance information checklist to aid in gathering information for your Service Assurance design. Each chapter in this guide includes a checklist. “Design and Deployment Checklists” contains all available checklists.

Table 1. Service Assurance information checklist

Complete	Task	Description	Related documentation
	Determine the number of managed devices and applications in the environment.	Document all quantities in the deployment build guide.	“Determine how many devices and applications will be managed”
	Estimate potential growth in quantity of managed devices.	The deployment must support potential network growth. Estimate the growth over a specific time period. Document the calculations in the deployment build guide.	“Determine how many devices and applications will be managed”
	Get the organization’s testing/acceptance requirements.	Your design may be required to meet test and acceptance requirements. Obtain any specifications that cover integration testing, user acceptance testing, and operational acceptance testing. You may be required to write an installation or deployment report that follows an organization’s particular standards.	“Determine requirements for installing software”
	Describe the organization’s requirements for installing new software.	Document these requirements and how the design meets them in the deployment build guide.	“Determine requirements for installing software”
	List the products that currently monitor the network and will be integrated with the VMware Smart Assurance deployment.	Document the products (including version) in the deployment build guide.	“Define requirements for integrating existing software with VMware Smart Assurance”
	Describe the network security.	Describe security features that will affect the deployment. Document the security features in the deployment build guide.	“Gather network security information”
	List any other network requirements or features that may affect the VMware Smart Assurance deployment.	Document the features in the deployment build guide.	“Other network features affecting VMware Smart Assurance”