Instructions for use:

Please note the attributes are listed on the next worksheet within this document.
When you create your spreadsheet from the template, you can delete this "instructions" workshee

Read comments associated with each field in the spreadsheet.

Make sure you understand what each field represents.

Review your current asset inventory(ies) to determine what data

is responsive to the requested data.

Either:
a.

b.

Copy and paste existing data into the appropriate column

of the template spreadsheet, or
Send your current inventory file (in spreadsheet
format), along with a mapping file that defines the relationship between
the columns in your spreadsheet and the columns in the template.

For columns that have no equivalent in your current inventories,

acquire the information by direct observation, if the column is on the
required' list. If the column is on the one of the optional elements, then it's
up to you. This optional, or 'Extra-credit', information is especially useful for
mission-critical line of business servers, as opposed to conventional
infrastructure servers such as file/print, DNS, web, etc.

Send to central location.

ructions" worksheet.

Agency Name:
Site Name:
Prepared By:
Date:
Key:

Server Friendly Name

Required
AutoDiscovered

Optional
Not AutoDiscovered

Primary Host Operational

Name
Class

Utiliz-oriented
optional/need
for a sample
Infrastructure
vs. LOB

Primary Server
Function

Application;"Me
ssaging";"Prese
ntation";"Databa
se";"File/Print
(NAS)";"Director
Production;"Sta
y";"Security";"Tr
ging";"Develop Infrastructure;"Li anslation";"Othe
ment"
ne of Business" r"

Primary Server Application Other Server Applications

Name
(List)

Server Manufacturer

Date Installed

Owner
(contact)

Owning
Agency Name

Processor
Maker

Processor
Family

Pentium
Pro;"Pentium
II";"Pentium
III";"Pentium
IV";"Core";"Core
"Intel";"AMD";"O 2";"Athlon";"Opt
ther X86";"Non- eron";"Sempron
X86"
"; "Other"

Processor
Speed

Installed
Processors

Installed
Memory
Capacity

Installed OS
Name

Installed OS
Version

Physical
Physical/Virtua Server Host
l Server?
Name

"Physical";"Virtu
al"

Description/Comments

Mfr's Model
Model Number Config Detail

Server Serial #
(from BIOS)
BIOS Maker

BIOS Name

BIOS Version

Lease/Warrant Max
y Period
Processors

Max Memory
Memory Speed Capacity

Local Storage
Adapters

Local Storage
Type

SCSI;"IDE";"SA
S";"SATA";"Fibr
e
Channel";"Other
"

Local Storage
Disk Count

Local Storage
Capacity

Local Storage
Used

SAN Attached?

HBA
Installation
Count

SAN Link
Speed

SAN Port
Count

Allocated SAN NAS Storage

Capacity
Used

Overall
Storage
Growth Rate

Installed
Network
Adapters

Installed
Installed
Network
Network Ports Adapter Type

Primary
Network
Protocol

Network
Bandwidth
Constrained?

TCP/IP;"IPX/SP
10;100;1000;10 X";"NetBEUI";"N
000
etBIOS";"Other" "Y", "N"

Peak Rate
Limiter

"Compute";"Me
mory";"Network
I/O";"Storage
I/O"; "Other";
"None"

Peak Rate
Timing

Morning;"Daily";
"Overnight";"We
ekly";"Monthly";"
Quarterly";"Ann
ually"

Estimated
Maintenance
Cost

Estimated
Acquisition
Cost

5-year
Migration
Expectations

"Yes", "No",
"Maybe"

Growth
Rationale

New Instance
Growth
Expectations

New Instance
Growth
Rationale

Uptime
Requirement

"DisasterProof";
"Continuous";
"99.999";
"99.99"; "99";
"<99"

Instance
Isolation
Required?

Isolation
Requirement
Type

Consolidation
assessment

Legal;"Operatio
nal";"Security";" Yes;"No";"Possi
Business";
bly"; "Not
"Application"
Assessed"

Consolidation
Cost Estimate