Use of the tool
Interpretation of results
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Define sites
Define WAN link bandwidth for each site
Define bandwidth available for RTC Traffic
Define Internet link bandwidth (for central sites)
Create/update personas
Define amount of users per site
Analyze results
If you have specific guideline from customer
If you are sure of what are you doing
Maximum 10 central sites in the tool
Maximum 300 branch sites in the tool
Branch Templates (see later in deck)
Use names provided by the customer
Input Units vs. Display Units
WAN link speed is the total size of
connection to the MPLS WAN cloud
WAN link BW Allocated to RTC traffic is how a bandwidth customer wants to allow for Lync RTC
This, typically, should be assumed 30% of WAN link (industry-standard for RTC traffic on the WAN links)
Global “Red flag” threshold set to this value, but can be defined to level expected by customer
Lync RTC is all Lync traffic by default, but can be further refined as needed
Maximum 10 in the tool
Assumes that Lync A/V Conferencing and Mediation servers are located together with Front End servers
If Lync deployment will have multiple distributed Lync Front End pools, then enter multiple central sites (unless all Front End pools are in the same
network site)
These are centralized PSTN breakouts
Will not be used by branch site users if branch site has its own local PSTN breakout
Internet sites are used to calculate Internet traffic from remote users, but these calculations also affect WAN
calculations
Typically 1:1 relationship between central sites and Internet sites
Edges located in one Internet site can serve multiple central sites (1:N relationship)
Branch sites will inherit Internet site from their assigned central site
Maximum 300 in the tool
Branch site must be associated with one of central sites
Tool assumes that all users in Branch will be assigned to the Lync Front End pool from this central site
If an SBA will be used in the branch, it does not affect bandwidth modeling
Branch Template approach (see next slide)
If it does, then select Local PSTN Breakout = Yes
(with Media Bypass on, or when Mediation server is also located in that branch, adjacent to the voice gateway)
If it doesn’t, than set Low delay WAN? correctly (see next slide, read the comment in the tool)
Check out comment in the tool
Set to Yes only if forcing Lync clients to use less bandwidth-consuming audio codecs
WAN links
Personas and number of users
For WAN links, use the lowest amount in these sites (if they are not exactly the same)
For user count, use either average or maximum of users (how you want to model these sites)
Individual site results – for a single branch template site
Aggregated results – include all branch template sites
Users have to be grouped and entered into the tool based on personas
Up to three persona types selected individually in each site
“Total Users in Site” is for verification purposes
If Lync servers are in a Data Center with no users in it, then just enter ”0”
Intersite traffic only
Traffic of users located in this site only
Traffic of remote users considered as necessary
See next slide
Total WAN bandwidth for all traffic
Total RTC traffic
All audio, all video, all conferencing
Split by Lync modality
Totals with limit/threshold checks
Audio/video/conferencing total
Split by Lync modality
Totals with limit/threshold checks
Individual site contribution to total amount of remote user traffic
Not a traffic on a WAN link!
Helps to quickly identify which sites might be lacking bandwidth for Lync RTC traffic
Useful for creating executive-level reports in a network assessment final report
Overall look at the whole Lync deployment
Useful for creating executive-level reports in a network assessment final report
RTC with or without video
This will change in the future…
Assume O365 DC is central site
Need to manually adjust bandwidth for PSTN audio to include
G.711 traffic between Lync Mediation Servers and PSTN GWs/SBCs
Assume O365 DC is central site
PSTN Audio must be set to None
Use only individual site results
Do not use Aggregated Results
Aggregate manually if necessary
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Single MPLS cloud from a single WAN provider
All workstations are wired when using Lync
Symmetric WAN links
QoS implemented and verified
Historical bandwidth statistics available
Multiple inter-connected MPLS clouds
Multiple MPLS providers in a single cloud with different QoS tagging and implementation
Star (hub-and-spoke) or multi-layered WAN networks
Highly assymetrical links (for example, cable, ADSL)
VPN over Internet used as WAN
On-demand connections (for example, dialup, ISDN)
The tool still can be used for modeling...
... but results might need manual adjustments
All media paths need to be carefully analyzed upfront
You might need to have additonal simulation endpoints
Modeling of the bandwidth consumption can still be done with Wi-Fi
Modeling of AP/controller performance - work with Wi-Fi partners
Make sure that you don’t provide “false safety”
Risk that the customer must accept
Network assessments might help to prove the need for QoS
Rule some as out of scope
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