FastFacts on network documentation
Documenting
your network doesn't exactly sound like the most exciting way to spend your time, does it? It
involves creating a diagram, usually with a documentation tool such as Visio or
LanFlow, that
illustrates how your servers, routers and switches are connected, either logically or physically.
However, a comprehensive network documentation can be of vital importance. In addition to serving
as a network blueprint, it can also help you remember what you did to your network, and just as
importantly, why. This can make maintaining your network and troubleshooting problems a much easier
and smoother process. Check out these fast facts to network documentation.
Network
administrator documentation
Build your
network utilization history
Router
Expert: Conducting a network inventory, part 1
Router
Expert: Conducting a network inventory, part 2
Diagrams -
part 1
Diagrams -
part 2
Diagrams –
samples
This was first published in March 2005
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