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RE: Network diagram software
From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb () netcases net>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:37:28 -0500
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Day [mailto:toasty () dragondata com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:16 PM To: Mathias Wolkert Cc: nanog () nanog org Subject: Re: Network diagram software On Feb 11, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Mathias Wolkert wrote:I'd like to know what software people are using to document networks. Visio is obvious but feels like a straight jacket to me. I liked netviz but it seems owned by CA and unsupported nowadays. What do you use? /TiasTwo packages that I'm looking at right now for a project. RackMonkey http://flux.org.uk/projects/rackmonkey/ Simple, AJAX-ified, looks very easy to use for non-nerds. Keeps track of rack space allocations, devices, even does some neat tricks using Dell service tags to let you see warranty/config info.
You remind me of a design discussion, well-lubricated with beer, in which my team was trying, in spite of top management, to design great carrier routers. At one point, partially for RFC4098 benchmarking, we wanted to put a GPS card into some prototypes, originally as a time reference. We started thinking what else we could do with it, assuming we could get an enhanced-accuracy GPS (DGPS/WAAS) signal into the machine room. Physical inventory became a possibility. Somewhere, however, it started moving into the silly, including oscillation indicating earthquakes, and then graceful arcs as the rack fell over.
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- Re: Network diagram software, (continued)
- Re: Network diagram software Malte von dem Hagen (Feb 11)
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- Re: Network diagram software Tim Chown (Feb 12)
- Re: Network diagram software Randy Bush (Feb 12)
- Re: Network diagram software Malte von dem Hagen (Feb 11)
- Re: Network diagram software Brad Fleming (Feb 11)
- RE: Network diagram software Stephens, Josh (Feb 11)
- Re: Network diagram software Min (Feb 11)
- RE: Network diagram software Howard C. Berkowitz (Feb 11)
- Re: Network diagram software Marshall Eubanks (Feb 11)
- Re: Network diagram software Gary E. Miller (Feb 11)
- Re: Network diagram software Chris Garcia (Feb 11)
- Re: Network diagram software Crist Clark (Feb 11)