> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Day [mailto:toa...@dragondata.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:16 PM > To: Mathias Wolkert > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Network diagram software > > > On Feb 11, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Mathias Wolkert wrote: > > > I'd like to know what software people are using to document networks. > > Visio is obvious but feels like a straight jacket to me. > > I liked netviz but it seems owned by CA and unsupported nowadays. > > > > What do you use? > > > > /Tias > > Two packages that I'm looking at right now for a project. > > > RackMonkey http://flux.org.uk/projects/rackmonkey/ > > Simple, AJAX-ified, looks very easy to use for non-nerds. Keeps track > of rack space allocations, devices, even does some neat tricks using > Dell service tags to let you see warranty/config info. >
You remind me of a design discussion, well-lubricated with beer, in which my team was trying, in spite of top management, to design great carrier routers. At one point, partially for RFC4098 benchmarking, we wanted to put a GPS card into some prototypes, originally as a time reference. We started thinking what else we could do with it, assuming we could get an enhanced-accuracy GPS (DGPS/WAAS) signal into the machine room. Physical inventory became a possibility. Somewhere, however, it started moving into the silly, including oscillation indicating earthquakes, and then graceful arcs as the rack fell over.
