Maintaining Network Documentation

Network documentation typically gets created as part of a network’s initial design and installation. However, keeping that documentation current, reflecting all changes made since the network’s installation, should be part of any network maintenance model. Keeping documentation current helps more effectively isolate problems when troubleshooting. In addition, accurate documentation can prove to be valuable to designers who want to scale the network.

At a basic level, network documentation could consist of physical and logical network diagrams, in addition to a listing of network components and their configurations. However, network documentation can be much more detailed, including such components as formalized ...

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