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Is there a network description language and a tool to render it visual?
I really bloody hate to draw network diagrams manually. Aren't there tools which could let me describe the network in a structured textual format and get a nice picture rendered?
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Cisco network icon topology misleading, is it really considered standard?
Cisco says:
Cisco icons are globally recognized and generally accepted as standard for network icon topologies
However, some of those icons are very misleading, see for instance:
So I ...
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How to represent a Reverse Proxy in a diagram?
I'm putting together a diagram to represent the proposed flow of HTTP traffic after we make some architectural changes. One of the proposals includes adding a reverse proxy.
Is there a recognizable ...
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services scheme diagram [closed]
We have many web-services, applications and sites that are hosted on 4 different server farms, multiple urls, A records, sub-domains, HTTP redirects and more.
What is the best way to start and create ...
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Dependency diagramming / mapping tool [closed]
I am looking for a tool that allows me to easily create and maintain dependency maps of our mission critical servers, apps, processes, etc. It needs to be intuitive and easy to work with and be able ...
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Colour Coding Convention for Server Architecture Block Diagram
Do any colour coding conventions exist for system architecture block diagrams? If not, who/what would be considered the de-facto standard? Is block diagram the correct terminology in this context?
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SQL Server 2005 Express: Cannot install database diagram support objects
I'm refering to this question where the final solution was When I finally realized this, and connected via VPN to the corporate network, everything worked like a charm.
Now in same situation I'm in ...
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Copy one db diagram from one db to another on different servers? (Same db)
I used the copy database wizard to copy my database from our test server to our production server, the database copied everything fine except for the diagram.
Okay no problem, first I make sure the ...
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Are there any good utilities out there to create datastore / LUN diagrams for VMware ESX 3.5?
We are working to get a large (inherited) VMware ESX 3.5 environment with multiple SANs under control. We first need to create a diagram / Excel spreadsheet / whatever that explains what VM is stored ...
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Free, web based alternative to Visio? [closed]
I have used Visio to map out my network structure, and have used the export function to create an HTML page that is searchable by IP, hostname etc. This is a really nice tool and I use it often.
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Network wiring template for Visio
Anyone come across a good template/symbol pack for Visio for doing network wiring, patching, switch topologies, etc.? Everything in Visio for networking is 3D, and isn't really conducive to cabling.
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Wireless AP Placement and Digramming
I'm trying to research the best placement of wireless APs in a given space, and I'm running into problems in gathering information.
I found (what I thought was) a great source in this tech republic ...
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Network Diagramming software options?
I've used The Dude to map my network, but I can only export the network map as a graphics file. I've also used Dia and Vision to manually diagram portions of my network.
Does anyone out there have a ...
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How to build a network application topography?
My company has quite a few servers, and the applications that run on these servers are spread over many machines. Does anyone know of a program that will visualize these relationships in a MS Visio ...
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Network mapping tools
Is there any good network mapping tools for creating a visual representation of the network.
EDIT: To Clarify I'm talking about an automatic mapping tool that will do a scan of the network and make a ...
