A Map to the Data Gathering Process

Before starting your data gathering, see chapter 3, "Planning Your Network."

Once your network is planned:

Make copies of the Remote System Worksheet, one for your local node and others to distribute to the other nodes on the network.
Make copies of your completed local node Remote System Worksheet to distribute to each of the other nodes you will communicate with. This allows the other network administrators to configure your new node on their systems.
Distribute the Remote System Worksheets and a copy of your Remote System Worksheet to those other network nodes. If one person administers all the nodes, you must still have one worksheet filled out for each node.
Fill out the parts of your Local Parameter Worksheet that you can while waiting for the information from the other nodes. Fill in the remainder of the information you need on your Local Parameter Worksheets from information you gather from the remote nodes.
Collect all the worksheets into a packet. This packet will contain all the information you need to configure your new node. You should also save this packet for reference when modifying any of your network parameters.

Once you have all this information gathered, you are ready to configure your network. Chapter 5, "Configuring and Verifying HP OTS/9000" contains instructions for configuration and verification. If you have not yet installed OTS, see chapter 2, "Installing HP OTS/9000" for installation instructions before starting your configuration.

About Worksheets

There are two worksheets for you to use:

Remote System Worksheet. This worksheet is designed to help you gather network information both for your node and other nodes on the network with which you wish to communicate. Since the remote nodes need to know information about your local node, it is advisable to fill out a Remote System Worksheet for you node and send a copy of it along with blank worksheets to the remote nodes.
Local Parameter Worksheet. This worksheet is designed to help you collect the information you need to configure your local node. One of these worksheets is needed for every subnetwork you configure. Use the Remote System Worksheet information you collect from other nodes. Both worksheets are needed to complete your configuration.

When you have all the worksheets completed, you are ready to start configuration. Some sections on these worksheets may not apply to your network or are optional entries.

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