Gathering all the pieces of the puzzle and planning the implementation is the most important part of QoS and CAC implementation. The implementation of QoS and CAC itself is not very difficult, but without proper planning, it could lead to an even poorer QoE for the end user. A poorly planned and implemented QoS scheme could, in other words, have a negative impact on the performance of the applications.
Never rush through this part; wait a week or two with the implementation rather than do it the wrong way.
Try to figure out the best way to document the network environment where the Lync traffic will be introduced. Decide whether to create Visio drawings, create a separate database, keep the records in an Excel spreadsheet or Notepad, or do all of the above or whatever works best. In this recipe, we'll give a few examples of simple tables to reflect the data we talk about, but there are other ways to do this as well. As part of this task, you should...