Once network devices and links have been discovered and added to the assessment database, you can add and update information to help you identify them in VoIP Readiness Assessment reports.
In the Discover view of the Inventory Network task, the routers, switches, or links discovered during network discovery scans appear in the Discovered Devices and Links table.
You can change the name of the device, add a comment, and change a link’s data rate.
To update discovered device information:
Select the Routers, Switches, or Links tab, as appropriate.
Select the row that describes the device or link you want to edit and click Edit.
In the Name field, assign a name to the router, switch, or link. The name you supply replaces any name that already is displayed in the Discovered Devices and Links table and will be used in any reports. Names are particularly useful for identifying the links that are discovered. Maximum length is 256 characters.
In the Comment field, type a text string to further identify this router, switch, or link. The comment you supply here is displayed in reports and in the Discovered Devices and Links table. Maximum length is 256 characters.
In the Speed field (for the Edit Links only), specify the data rate at which the link is currently operating. You can configure routers to reduce the data rate of a particular link—for example, by setting a maximum speed of 64 kbps on a serial link or ATM PVC that could actually carry 1.5 Mbps. In such a case, the rate Vivinet Assessor would find from polling the routers would be the link’s actual capacity: 1.5 Mbps. If actual utilization on such a link were about 56 kbps, or 87% of the rate being allowed, Vivinet Assessor would calculate that link utilization was only about 3.6%. Set the operating speed (in this example, you would enter 64 kbps) to get accurate utilization measurements.
NOTE:
Set the speed for links before starting utilization monitoring.
Frame-relay links are handled slightly differently than serial or ATM links. Vivinet Assessor can get a frame-relay link’s committed information rate (CIR) from the routers and thus calculate the link’s utilization based on the CIR.
Click OK.
To delete a device from the table, highlight the device and click Delete.