Optimize

Optimizing Your System

Optimization covers any changes to an existing system, including hardware and software upgrades, that enhance the functionality and performance of your network.

Collecting and analyzing data from your system’s performance reports provide crucial information for optimizing your system. By maintaining the routine system management procedures that you set up for your operations lifecycle, you know when your traffic load increases, and when to increase your capacity.

Input to This Process

Your network has been operational for some time and is ready to optimize based on system performance criteria. Your daily operations and growing business needs provide continuous feedback for optimization.

Output of This Process

User feedback, audits, and test results provide data to continue optimizing the system.

Major Tasks in This Process

Performing Your System Upgrade

See Preparing for Your System Upgrade in the Plan chapter to plan your overall strategy.

Upgrade Collaboration Components

Once you have your upgrade plan and preparations in place, conduct your system upgrade following the guidelines and sequence in the individual product documentation. Refer to Component Installation and Configuration Guides.