The first decision to make is whether to have an open network or a closed network.
Identify accessible domains
Identify accessible workstations
Identify Trusted Solaris workstations that can access to unlabeled workstations or domains
Identify the NIS or NIS+ master
Identify the NIS or NIS+ slaves/replicas
Identify the NIS+ subdomain masters
Identify the file servers
Identify the audit servers
Identify the print servers
Identify the mail servers
Identify network routers/gateways
Identify end user workstations
Identify other workstations on the network
Identify the labels at which machines can communicate.
Determine the label range of each workstation's network interfaces
Determine the label(s) applied to incoming data from unlabeled workstations