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Scenarios 39
Figure 1-15
Full-Mesh Design Methodology for WSOL
Answers to Scenario 1
1
What business issues at WSOL are relevant to this network design?
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Cost effectiveness
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Scalability
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Security
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Compatibility
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Manageability
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Performance
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Identification of potential business constraints that could compromise the technical
solution--political, organizational, dedicated vendor, financial, and so on
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What technical requirements need to be obtained from WSOL?
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Network addressing methodology
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Protocols used
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Behavior of current network traffic and performance, and expected performance after
the network scales with company growth
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