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> One of my tasks is to design and establish a common drawing-instruction for
> our networks (LAN and WAN). Servers ,VLAN's,
> DMZ's, Routers, Switches and all other Network-Components have to
> be documented, most preferably graphically in 'network-maps'.
> I found out that there are not much standards for graphical Network-
> Documentation.
> Can anybody give me a hint where to find good guides and tools for
Network-Documentation?
Hey Ferdinand,
The closest thing to a "standard" for network diagrams is Visio. It comes with
a lot of pre-defined shapes from routers to servers to NICs and bridges.
If you want to punch up your diagrams, you can do a mixture of artwork and
visio diagrams. I like to use real pictures of routers and servers intermixed
with visio shapes. This is how we do it for our client Network ICE. You're
welcome to take a look, it might give you some ideas: http://www.networkice.com/support/documentation.html Check out the ICEcap or
BlackICEE Sentry documents - they have lots of diagrams.
Good luck.
Andrew Plato
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