Audits

Our more in depth healthchecks will cover the following areas:

Existing Network:

LAN

• Physical
• Server types eg: Novel/NT/Mac/AS400
• Cabling
• Physical network (token ring, ethernet (10bt,thinnet,thicknet)
• Ether - switched or hubs or hybrid
• No of clients and no of clients per collision domain
• Size - 10 mbs, 100 or 1,000 mbs of combination for ether
• Capacity - spare ports in hubs/switches
• Traffic
• Protocols (TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, Appletalk, SNA etc)
• Collisions (per collision domain over x amount of time)
• Bandwidth utilisation - over x amount of time : A specific perod of day/week
• Remote access
• Type - modem bank, router with modems, router for ISDN access, BPN via internet
• Amount of concurrent connections
• Amount of remote users
• Security
• Physical security
• Passwords
• PAP/CHAP
• Access lists
• Firewalls
• IP security
• Disaster recovery
• Redundant equipment
• Redundant power
• Other - mirroring - raid
• Management
• SNMP
• Cisco works
• Cajun view
• Other HP open view
• Configuration capabilities of manager

WAN

• Physical
• Link type and speed (X21,V35, G703 etc)
• End units - (router, bridge, muxes)
• Traffic
• Protocols being used (HDLC, PPP, frame relay 'public & private', ATM)
• Bandwidth utilisation of link
• CPU usage of 'Cisco routers'
• Security
• PAP/CHAP
• Access lists
• Firewalls
• IP security
• Disaster recovery
• Back up routes
• Redundant equipment
• Redundant power
• Management
• SNMP
• Cisco works
• Cajun view
• Other HP open view
• Configuration capabilities of manager
• Voice
• Transport (VOIP, VO framerelay/ATM multiplexed over WAN)
• Soft phones/hard phones
• Link to switch (E&M, FXOFXS,QSIG)
• Quality of service (QOS)