Enterprise Network Testing: Testing Throughout the Network Lifecycle to Maximize Availability and Performance

Chapter 9. Migration Plan Testing Case Study

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Background for the Migration Plan Testing Case Study

• Legacy and New Network Design Overview

• New Backbone Design

• End-State Network Design

• High-Level Network Migration Plan

• Migration Test Plan

In the planning leading up to the migration to a new network infrastructure, network designers often face the realization that they have spent a disproportionate amount of time and effort designing and testing an end solution, and not enough time considering how they will migrate an existing network from its current state. It is inevitable that at some point during a large networking project, you will be asked to craft, or sign off on, a migration plan, one ...