[127324] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: List of a useful tools for network architects
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Mon Jun 21 23:46:25 2010
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Pavel Dimow <paveldimow@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTiluI7B0A6iqVQDO48T_H2bZAGf7OppIz8AHbxsd@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:46:17 -0700
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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.=20
Joel's iPad
On Jun 21, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Pavel Dimow <paveldimow@gmail.com> 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...."
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> The point is, I am not looking for a program that will design the
> network instead of me, just a little sanity check.
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> I agree that head, whiteboard, marker, sharp pencil :) are very
> valuable but those were on my list anyway :)
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> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Jens Link <lists@quux.de> wrote:
>> Pavel Dimow <paveldimow@gmail.com> writes:
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>>> Hi,
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>>> I am wondering what tools you consider most valuable when designing =
big
>>> network from scratch or perform a migration?
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>> White board and a digital camera to document the drawings. Pen and =
paper
>> are also a very important tool.
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>>> 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...
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>> Well there is my head and a couple of years experience. ;-)
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>>> 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...
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>> Discuss your design with others. There is always more than one way to
>> design a network.
>>=20
>> Jens
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