[c-nsp] Acceptance Test Procedure for New Cisco Devices

[Peter Rathlev]

On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 12:13 +0200, Ziv Leyes wrote:
> Could anyone share if possible a kind of basic ATP you may use for new
> Cisco devices that you may receive?
> I'm in need of providing a customer with such procedure for two new
> devices, a Cisco 1861 router and a Cisco ASA5510

Is it just the hardware that needs to be acceptance tested or is it some
kind of service depending on this hardware? I don't specifically recall
the term "ATP" but I guess Operational Acceptance Testing is the same.

We only supply services, and the acceptance tests are defined by the
receiving end, typically with some help from a Service Manager and a
network engineer. The tests only check functionality not endurance of
the system. Typically the tests check everything defined in the SLA.

When receiving hardware we use for ourselves we have no formal
acceptance tests; for core equipment it runs in a lab for some time and
the takes on a role as a standby unit in the production net. Sometimes
when time limits dictate it we end up just placing some new component in
an important role without testing. I hope the manufacturer does some
kind of burn in test. :-)

HTH,
Peter