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