There was a lightning talk on Netdot at Nanog 48 I'd take a look at the presentation and the the website. It's quite useful from the documentation and discovery standpoint
After the initial whit board I generally sit down and document what we're going to build then we build a transition plan the covers the activities based on the docs and move on from there. Joel's iPad On Jun 21, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Pavel Dimow <[email protected]> wrote: > And how do you feel when client tell you that you don't have a > connection from SW-476 to SW-145? > "Well you see, there are plenty of boxes out there (couple hundreds) > you don't expect that everything must be perfect right? Anyhow I was > very tired that day...." > > The point is, I am not looking for a program that will design the > network instead of me, just a little sanity check. > > I agree that head, whiteboard, marker, sharp pencil :) are very > valuable but those were on my list anyway :) > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Jens Link <[email protected]> wrote: >> Pavel Dimow <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am wondering what tools you consider most valuable when designing big >>> network from scratch or perform a migration? >> >> White board and a digital camera to document the drawings. Pen and paper >> are also a very important tool. >> >>> For example I would like to know is there a tool that will perform >>> basic sanity checks like network equipment without redundant link or >>> without link at all... >> >> Well there is my head and a couple of years experience. ;-) >> >>> I know that the one who design a network have to consider all this >>> issues but some automatic check will save some time for sure... >> >> Discuss your design with others. There is always more than one way to >> design a network. >> >> Jens >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> | Foelderichstr. 40 | 13595 Berlin, Germany | +49-151-18721264 | >> | http://blog.quux.de | jabber: [email protected] | ------------------- | >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > >
