On 06/21/2010 08:46 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > 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
meh, it was nanog 49, and the link is: http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog49/presentations/Tuesday/Vicente-netdot-presentation-nanog49.pdf https://netdot.uoregon.edu/trac/ > 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] | ------------------- | >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >> >> > >
