AV Solution 6-Pillar Readiness Scorecard

Assess your AV-over-IP strategy across five planes: Design/Media, Security, Operations, Control/Clocking, and Management.

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Pillar 1: Design & Interop (Media/Data)
Multicast Safety
IGMPv3, PIM/SDM, RP/BSR, guardrails
QoS & Queues
LLQ/priority, policing, WRED disabled where needed
Open Standards Adoption
NMOS, AES67/ST 2110 interop validated
Network Topology & Fabric
Is your network a modern spine-leaf fabric or a legacy 3-tier/ad-hoc design?
Pillar 2: Security & Policy
Design, Risk & Policy
Security-by-design, risk assessments, vendor requirements, and cloud/personnel policies
Access, Identity & Segmentation
Zero-Trust, network segmentation, physical security, MFA, and password management
System Hardening & Encryption
Using encrypted protocols, managing certificates, and hardening devices by disabling unused services
Lifecycle & Operations
Secure handover, asset/patch management, change control, and backup/recovery plans
Validation & Monitoring
Logging/monitoring, vulnerability scanning, pen testing, and regular auditing
Pillar 3: Operations & Observability
Routing & API Orchestration
Northbound APIs, repeatable provisioning
Observability & Telemetry
Telemetry for PTP, multicast, QoS, device health
Rollback & Backups
Golden configs, versioned restores, drills
Pre-Launch Validation
Load/latency tests, failure injection
Pillar 4: Control & Clocking
PTP Domain Design
Dedicated domains, BMCA strategy, GM resilience
Grandmaster Redundancy
Dual GM, holdover, failover tests
PTP Profile & Deployment
IEEE 1588 profile (AES67/2110/802.1AS), HW timestamping, VLAN/TTL
Grandmaster Stability (BMCA)
Priority/clockClass set, GM failover tested, minimal flaps
Discovery & Registry
Device discovery (e.g., NMOS IS-04/05) validated; registry HA
Pillar 5: Management & Lifecycle
Asset Inventory & CMDB
Models, serials, firmware, location, ownership tracked
Patch & Firmware Cadence
Risk-based, maintenance windows, rollbacks, audit logs
Config Baselines & Drift
Golden configs, variance reports, enforced baselines
End-of-Life (EoL) & Decommissioning
Proactive strategy for EoL hardware, software, and secure disposal.
Pillar 6: Team & Skills Readiness
AV/IT Skill Convergence
AV team understands networking (multicast, QoS); IT team understands AV (PTP, media transport)
Observability Training
Is your L1/L2 support trained to use modern dashboards (Grafana, Kibana) or just vendor-specific tools?
Documentation & SOPs
Do you have Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for common failures, change control, and new device onboarding?
Specialized Expertise
Do you have certified or expert-level knowledge in-house for PTP, multicast, and network security?

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