![]() Aside from simply giving you icons to put on a Visio diagram, it also set them up in a way that allowed you to tie everything together into a Access database to help allow you to pull reports and other information. ![]() It is a set of Visio shapes that symbolize both network devices (routers, switches, etc.) as well as nodes (JNN, CPN, STT, etc.). The “Visio Integrated Relational Diagram – Advanced Process” ( VIRD-AP) was the result of this effort. Sometime around 2008, 7 th Signal Brigade recognized this problem and hired an outside company to produce a set of standardized Visio shapes that solved this problem. The IT industry as a whole has put together a set of widely recognized symbols for various pieces of standard network devices (routers, switches, firewalls, etc.) but what about the military unique pieces of equipment (encryption devices, satellite systems, etc.) that fall well outside of industry standard equipment? ADRP 1-02 (Terms and Military Symbols) does a great job of providing us with standardized symbols for units of various sizes, terrain features, and even many pieces of equipment, but almost nothing to symbolize current day military communications equipment. Standard symbols can be found in a number of locations. As a personal story, when I was deployed to Iraq in 2008, I went through no less than 30 revisions over the course of the year as we moved equipment around, attached units redeployed, and we closed locations.Īnother important part of a network diagram, just like a standard map, is that it uses accepted and recognized symbols to depict what it is trying to show. ![]() Even in a relatively static environment, this can mean a significant number of revisions over time. In order for a diagram to be of use to us, we have to maintain it which means that we update it every time the network changes. As I’ve stated in previous posts, an accurate network diagram can be really important when it comes to troubleshooting and managing the network. ![]()
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