Network documentation

Survey and inventory of enterprise communication networks: equipment, cable lines and their routes — in diagrams, registers and on a 3D model.

Deliverables

Plans and routes of cable lines on the site master plan or the survey base map.

Network block diagrams, patch panel and connection diagrams.

Registers of equipment, cables, ports and fibers — for asset records and export to enterprise systems.

Network passport: a consolidated document for operations and contractors.

Photos of nodes, cabinets, patch panels and labels — linked to the register and diagrams.

Network nodes, equipment and cable routes on a 3D model.

Walkdown of network nodes, cable routes and equipment locations; photos, measurements, reconciliation with existing documentation.

Type, model, serial number, location and connections of every device; cables, ports, fibers.

Block diagrams, patch panel diagrams, route plans on the master plan or the survey base map.

Equipment and cable lines on a 3D model of the site; route lengths and equipment lists taken from the model.

One naming system for nodes, cables and ports — in diagrams, tags and registers.

Equipment and route positions on the site master plan, the survey base map or building plans.

Old diagrams checked against the actual installation; discrepancies listed separately.

Templates, symbols and formats as required by the client.

Procedure for updating records after repairs and network expansion.

Documents for communications, IT and contractors; export to asset management systems.

Underground minesShafts, workings, network nodes on each level

Open pitsPit walls, overhead racks, transfer points, site buildings

Plants and industrial sitesWorkshops, process buildings, warehouses, office buildings

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