Benefits: With the Computer and Networks solution you can create professional-looking network diagrams quickly and easily allowing you to clearly represent and communicate network architecture, topology, and design to engineers, stakeholders and end-users. Also allows you to draw logical, physical, cable network, rack, Cisco network topology, and active directory domain services diagrams.
Objective: Visually communicate computer networks architecture, topology and design to simplify and accelerate understanding, analysis, and representation.
Solution Purpose: Drawing common computer network diagrams such as active directory domain services diagrams, Cisco network topology diagrams, physical LAN & WAN diagrams, logical network diagrams, Interactive Voice Response diagrams, network cable diagrams, and rack diagrams.
Intended For: Computer network engineers and designers who need to illustrate the network documentation with computer network diagrams.
Products and Methods: ConceptDraw PRO is a powerful and intelligent vector graphics engine that can be used for basic diagramming. The shape libraries contain ready-to use icons of computers, servers,network devices, standard symbols and smart connectors for the quick and easy arrangement of network diagrams. ConceptDraw MINDMAP can be used to structure and organize more detailed information about all equipment in a more visual manner and gives the option to produce dynamic presentations.
Solution Reference: Computers and Networks
Draw logical network diagrams such as physical LAN & WAN diagrams, network cable diagrams, rack diagrams, Cisco network topology diagrams, active directory domain services diagrams, and Interactive Voice Response diagrams for the visualizing of computer networks architecture, topology and design details.
Toolbox 1. Designing a Network Logical Structure
Logical network structure; basic network hardware and components; mapping of the data flow between the nodes; transmission rates; signal types.
| Tasks | Actions | Products |
| Active Directory Diagram | In ConceptDraw PRO, use Active Directory Diagram template | PRO |
| Cisco Network Diagram | In ConceptDraw PRO, use one of Cisco Network Diagram, Cisco Products or Cisco Security template | PRO |
| Computer Network Diagram | In ConceptDraw PRO, use Computer Network Diagram template | PRO |
| Logical Network Diagram | In ConceptDraw PRO, use Logical Network Diagram template | PRO |
Toolbox 2. Developing a Network Communication Plan
Floor plan layout with network nodes, data links, server rooms, etc.
| Tasks | Actions | Products |
| Network Communication Plan | In ConceptDraw PRO, use Network Communication Plan template | PRO |
Toolbox 3. Designing a Physical Network Diagram
Floor plan layout of network components and computers.
| Tasks | Actions | Products |
| Network Layout Diagram | In ConceptDraw PRO, use Network Layout Diagram template | PRO |
| Physical LAN and WAN Diagram | In ConceptDraw PRO, use Physical LAN and WAN Diagram template | PRO |
| Cisco Network Diagram | In ConceptDraw PRO, use Cisco Network Diagram template | PRO |
| Wireless Network Diagram | In ConceptDraw PRO, use Wireless Network Equipment template | PRO |
Toolbox 4. Designing and Mapping Network Hardware
Designing and mapping server hardware, analyzing existing hardware, planning network extensions.
| Tasks | Actions | Products |
| Rack Diagram | In ConceptDraw PRO, use Rack Diagram template | PRO |
Toolbox 5. Designing a Service and Application Network for Servers
A list of running services; consolidating servers on virtual machines; load balancing; creating a rack diagram.
| Tasks | Actions | Products |
| Server Services | In ConceptDraw MINDMAP, use input template Server Services from Universal Diagramming — Computers & Networks input tab | MM |
Toolbox 6. Designing and Developing an Interactive Voice Response System
Visual design and development of an Interactive Voice Response system.
| Tasks | Actions | Products |
| Interactive Voice Response Diagram | In ConceptDraw PRO, use Interactive Voice Response Diagram template. | PRO |