Switch Documentation

[mattx]

Before I jump in and start creating some excel spreadsheets on how our switches are setup - [ floor socket to patch panel, patch panel to switch etc ]

I was wondering if anyone has already done this and if so what sort of spread sheet or package would be suitable...? Anyone know of any templates ?

 

I am not talking about network diagrams here, just good old boring this floor port goes to this patch panel socket, this patch panel socket goes to this switch socket etc etc.....

[plexer]

There is a software package that will do this but I can't for the life of me think what it is googling patch management just brings up software patch management software.

 

Ben

[plexer]

Think it was this:

 

PatchMaker

 

but not updated in 3 years so probably no good.

 

Ben

[enjay]

I've got this in Excel too, but it isn't great. I'm thinking of asking one of next year's GCSE ICT students to re-design it for me as their database project. That, or I'll actually draw out pictures of the switches and patch panels and label them that way.

[mattx]

Thanks for the link to patchmaker - I'll give it a go...

[SYNACK]

I've just put all of this into a little sql database, no front end yet but I know SQL so its fine for me