Need help with proper Network documentation

maxmax17 · 2017-03-03T05:59:48.000Z

Good day,

I want a template to use as a guide for Network or Technical Lab documentation.
Please direct me to a website or better still an old template i can use a guide.
Thank you.

smooney · 2017-03-03T09:41:22.000Z

Theres a couple of threads based on this.
I had one a couple of years ago ill find it and post it here.

For my home environment am using OneNote to document everything, from the servers, switches, ip addresses.

IT Department Handbook Best Practices & General IT

Do any of you IT Managers/Directors/CIOs have a handbook specifically for the IT Department. I’m looking at creating a handbook that outlines expectations for customer services, ticket handling, following up with end-users, project management, documentation, etc. Just reaching out to any of you who already have a handbook or a nice guide to follow?

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Spiceworks_DocumentationA.docx

apsutcliffe · 2017-03-03T11:26:39.000Z

The question that I would ask first, is what do you think you will use that documentation for (or what will it be used for; not quite the same thing). That will determine what you need to do.
You can generate a simple map with some indications of basic IP addressing; often all that most people want. However, you can also produce very detailed documentation that shows IP addresses, MAC address, port allocation information, VLANs etc.
Personally, I use Visio; it allows the mapping, and I can use it to show how things are structured within a rack, how VMs work within a virtual landscape. (e.g. links from vNics to vSwitch to pNics). I can also generate a single page for each switch or WAP, with appropriate information on configuration (and where the backup config files are located)

maxmax17 · 2017-03-03T12:27:00.000Z

I’m given a project to setup a training lab and also to configure all the devices in the lab. it include routers, switches, server etc. so i want to know how to properly document it for the for my supervisor and also the company.