Today network managers still use the text description and vision diagramming to document the network. This traditional documenting method has proved to be insufficient due to the increasing complexity of the technology and the unwillingness to spend much time on it by the employee. Enterprise networks is often built and upgraded by different people at different time. A lot of know-how for the network, in today's enterprise environment, is often gone when the key personnel leave. Lacking a good document often leads to lack of good documents and causes the low productivity of new hires and network management consultants.
NetBrain Workstation invents a new method to document the network. This documenting method integrates the network diagram, the network configuration to present the network design and all other information into a new type of network map, Q-map. The network engineer can use Q-map to present a network design or a trouble shooting process. Since Q-map contains full knowledge of all network objects shown in the map, Q-map can be used as a medium for the collaboration and data sharing. |
