Background Knowledge

I was given an assignment to virtual layout our entire network server rack and equipment within the serve room. As well I had to make note of where each end of each network cable ended up at with the exception of cables going to the patch box.

I used Microsoft Visio to create the drawing. In many cases I ended up having to create my own stencils from images. Not exactly perfect but it did the job. In those case where I made my own stencil I just use Adobe Photoshop to touch up some free photos of a particular product and then inserted the image into my Visio drawing.

Resources Used for Visio Stencils, Icons and Add-Ins

• Cisco Stencils
• WatchGuard Icons
• Barracuda – Documentation
• Barracuda – Graphics
• APC Stencils (free sample)
• Riverbed Steelhead
• Netgear ReadyNAS
• Citrix MetaFrame
• Visio Cafe
• NetZoom Visio Stencils (free samples, entire access requires a subscription)
• VisioGuy (general Visio stencils, add-ins, etc.)
• Visio Virtual Server Add-In
• Visio Exchange Server Add-In
• Huge Library (non-English)
• Mimcrosoft Visio Toolbox
• Nortel Norstar BCM-450 Icons