Predeployment Checklist

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The product name for this user guide has changed from Foundation and Cloudscape to Business Service Discovery and Migration Planning.

The following checklist covers everything you should review and prepare for prior to beginning a RISC Networks engagement.

Requirement	Ready (Y/N)
Review the Operations and Security information found at the following links: Architecture, Data Handling, and Security What We Collect How We Collect	Yes \
Review the Deployment Requirements for information on resource, network, and credential requirements of the virtual appliance: Deployment Requirements	Yes \
Virtualization platform with the necessary resources available for RN150 deployment (VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V).	Yes \
IP Address information for the RN150 (DHCP or Manual)	Yes \
RN150 will have required outbound Internet access (proxy free) for tcp/443 if proxy is required review proxy documentation, described in Appliance Proxy Support.	Yes \
RN150 will have required network access to all devices targeted for discovery	Yes \
Complete list of subnets to scan	Yes \
Read Only SNMP credentials for network devices targeted for discovery	Yes \
SSH or Read Only SNMP credentials for all Linux / Unix hosts targeted for discovery May require deployment and / or configuration of a supported SNMP agents on the target hosts. Please refer to your vendor’s documentation for more information.	Yes \
Windows Domain Administrator or Local Administrator (workgroup servers only) credentials for all Windows hosts targeted for discovery	Yes \
VMware vCenter and / or ESX/ESXi IP address information and credentials	Yes \
All applicable SSH, SNMP, Windows, and VMware vCenter credentials have been tested and validated	Yes \
At least one test IP address available (i.e. a known system or device) for each credential to test against during bootstrapping procedures	Yes \
All change orders needed to support this engagement been approved and implemented	Yes \