5.1 Setting Up the Utilization Assessment

To set up the Utilization assessment:

1. Ensure the result ranges for Utilization monitoring are appropriate for your network. For more information, see Section 5.2, Determining Assessment Result Ranges.

2. Expand the Assess Utilization view tab and click the Set Up tab.

3. Complete the fields in the Set Up view as follows:

   Section	Description
   Start Time	The time you want Vivinet Assessor to begin monitoring device and link utilization on your network. Choose from the following options: Start monitoring immediately upon activation. Monitoring commences as soon as you activate the assessment from the Monitor view. For more information, see Section 7.7, Running a VoIP Quality Assessment. After activation, wait until [time of day] before starting to monitor. The Scheduler service will initiate the monitoring of devices on your network at the specific time of day you entered. The Scheduler is notified as soon as you activate the assessment from the Monitor view. For more information, see Section 2.2.4, Vivinet Assessor Scheduler Service.
   Scheduling Options	The number of days and/or hours that Vivinet Assessor will monitor device and link utilization on your network. Valid time frames are 0 days, 1 hour to 7 days, 0 hours.
   Interval	Determines the amount of time between device and link queries. Values must be 5 minutes to 60 minutes, inclusive.

4. Click Validate Schedule to ensure that Vivinet Assessor can proceed with utilization monitoring using your selected configuration. Validation checks to make sure that the monitoring schedule settings are correct.

5. If necessary, click Undo Changes to return all settings in the Set Up view to the previously saved values.