Explain the recommended steps for planning the first network baseline.

Explain the recommended steps for planning the first network baseline.

Step 1: Determine what types of data to collect:

• Start simply, by selecting a few variables that represent the defined policies, and finetune along the way.
• Generally, some good starting measures are interface utilization and CPU utilization.

Step 2: Identify devices and ports of interest:

• Devices and ports of interest must be identified, such as network device ports that connect to other network devices, servers, key users, and anything else considered critical to the operation.

Step 3: Determine the baseline duration:

• This period should be at least seven days to capture daily or weekly trends and should last two to four weeks.
• Do not perform a baseline measurement during times of unique traffic patterns.
• Should be conducted on a regular basis, such as an annual analysis of the entire network or a baseline of different sections of the network on a rotating basis.

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