OpenView Network Node Manager: Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Solution

Capacity Planning

NNM provides the as-built network topology needed for capacity planning. HP NetMetrix can provide the existing performance metrics. HP Service Simulator can import both topology (see Figure 9-12) and performance data to create a baseline simulation model of your network. What’s next, then?

Figure 9-12. A simple network topology in service simulator.

This is one of the tutorials provided with the Service Simulator product. Complex networks are dealt with using hierarchical container objects. In practice, the topology can be imported directly from NNM and then edited to define various what-if scenarios. After traffic profiles are created, the simulation is allowed to run until it reaches a steady state.

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