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I’ve been noticing a trend recently in enterprise networking where managers and engineers alike are more concerned (obsessed) with the physical appearance of their rack, wires, and network equipment than they are with the actual…

As a supplement to the Back to Basics: Power article, I created this cheat sheet to stow away for a rainy day. Next time you need to remember how to calculate wattage, or need to…

In this article I will be walking through some of the elements of power design and management in a context relevant to IT engineers. Although we, as IT-centric engineers, may only deal with electrical power…

It is quite commonplace these days to see equipment mounted incorrectly in a rack. Even though we are not mechanical engineers, it is beneficial to understand the principles behind the parts of our jobs ruled…

In this post, I will be doing a brief commentary on creating and maintaining a physical port mapping spreadsheet. A port mapping spreadsheet is useful for keeping track of used/available ports on your network equipment,…

In this article, I will do a walk-through of a logical network diagram. As I also said in the Physical Diagram article: I prefer to use the term “logical” instead of “L3” because it is…

This article is a quick tutorial for creating and maintaining a physical network diagram. I prefer to use the term “physical” instead of “L1” because it is more easily understood by somebody unfamiliar with the…

This post is the first in a series of articles tackling the topic of creating and maintaining proper network documentation. Each article will include a file which can be downloaded and used as a template…