Network Design and Documentation

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Planning: It’s Who You Are

  • Planning as a personality characteristic

  • Find a template that works for you

    • CISCO Network Lifecycle (PPDIOO)

    • Microsoft Project / Excel Template

    • IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

  • Create the implementation plan

  • Follow the implementation plan

Planning: What’s Included?

  • Phase 1: Necessary Information/Data

    • Accurate network diagram

    • Equipment list

    • IP address diagram/spreadsheet

    • Link utilization

    • Configuration commands

    • Timeline

    • Hardware required

    • Relevant contact information

  • Phase 2: Implementation Plan

    • Identify devices and tasks (checklist)

    • List necessary software version

    • List configurations

    • Verification and testing

  • Phase 3: Documentation

    • Network diagram/information

    • network equipment

    • Current configurations

    • Known issues

    • Network performance baseline

    • Verification commands and results

    • Monitoring and management utilities

    • Photographs and screen-dumps

Documentation should be what you are!

Documentation is like a deprecating asset!