N E T WO R K

DO C UM E N TAT IO N
I&I SOFTWARE INC.

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 N E T W O R K D O C U M E N TAT I O N
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview................................................................................................3

Network Diagram Sample.......................................................................3

Physical Network....................................................................................5

Wiring........................................................................................................... 5

Hubs/switches..............................................................................................5

Wireless........................................................................................................5

Router..........................................................................................................5

Firewall.........................................................................................................6

Servers...................................................................................................6

Server name.................................................................................................6

Hardware......................................................................................................6

Windows Server Installation.........................................................................6

Services........................................................................................................7

IIS............................................................................................................. 7

DNS..........................................................................................................7

DHCP........................................................................................................7

Routing and Remote Access....................................................................8

Wins......................................................................................................... 8

Shares......................................................................................................8

Backup..................................................................................................10

Overview....................................................................................................10

Hardware....................................................................................................10
 Software.....................................................................................................10

Tape Rotation.............................................................................................10

Exchange Server..................................................................................12

Microsoft Exchange Server Installation......................................................12

Exchange Performance Optimizer..........................................................12

Component Location..................................................................................12

Peer-To-Peer Configuration..................................................................14

Printers.................................................................................................14

Workstations........................................................................................15

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 OVERVIEW

Short Description of network, computers, technical systems at agency,

further detailed in the rest of the document.

Example:

I&I is a seventy staff person incorporation. “They currently have 10

computers that are networked to a server running Windows NT. They are
sharing a 384K SDSL internet connection, and have a website and hosted
email under the domain name of I&I

Overall, I&I has computers ranging from five year old Pentiums to new PIII
computers, though most of their computers are 2-3 years old.

Their network is also showing its age, the wiring is all CAT5 but is not
organized in any way, and is chaotically connect to the hubs in the back
room. The server is having a few problems, crashing occassionaly and losing
print jobs, but overall has been functioning well for the last couple of years.
The hubs (2 - 8 po’rt) are both 10Mbps, and are completely full, though there
is a few slots available on the DSL router.

NETWORK DIAGRAM SAMPLE

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 PHYSICAL NETWORK

WIRING

Item Description

Wired By

Cable Type

Central Wiring Location

Wiring Diagram Stored Where

HUBS/SWITCHES

Encryption Channel Connected To

Make and Model SSID Protocol IP Address
settings

WIRELESS

Ports User/ Connected

Make and IP
Speed Location Password To
Model Address
Total Free

ROUTER

Make and
Internal IP External IP User/Password Purpose
Model

IP IP

SM SM

GW GW

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FIREWALL

Make and
Internal IP External IP User/Password Rules
Model

IP IP

SERVERS

SERVER NAME

HARDWARE

Hardware item Description

Computer model

S/N

BackPlane

CPU

Hard disk(s)

Floppy disk

RAM

NIC

Hard drive controller card

CD-ROM

Tape backup

WINDOWS SERVER INSTALLATION

Item Description

Windows Server version

Windows Server role

Domain name

Computer name

Install directory

Source File Location

Swap file

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Protocols

Disk configuration

Licensing

Printer

Special groups

Item Address

Internal External

This machine IP

Subnet mask

Default gateway

SERVICES

IIS

Item Description

Version

InetPub Location

Purpose

Security

Frontpage Extensions

DNS

Item Description

Forward Lookup Zones

Forward Lookup Zone Type

Reverse Lookup Zone

Reverse Lookup Zone Type

Manually configured hosts

DHCP

Item Description

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Scope

Exclusions

Options

ROUTING AND REMOTE ACCESS

Item Description

Remote Access Ports

Remote Access Security

Remote Access Policy

Specifications

IP Assigned Via

Routing Purpose

NAT Configuration

WINS

Item Description

Purpose

Replication Configuration

SHARES

Share Name Actual Location Description Security

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 BACKUP

OVERVIEW

HARDWARE

Hardware item Description

Tape Drive

AutoLoader

Driver version

Updated/From

SOFTWARE

Software item Description

Backup Software

Version

Responsibilities

Day Backup Details

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

TAPE ROTATION

Su M Tu W Th F Sa

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 EXCHANGE SERVER

MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER INSTALLATION

Item Data

Org name

Site name

Computer name

Service account

Service account password

Connectors

EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZER

(Exchange 5.5 Only)

During recovery, the Performance Optimizer ensures that the recovery server is tuned properly. Hardware
being equal, performance should be similar after a full restore that reinstalls Exchange to a recovery
server. Note that the Performance Optimizer log stored in c:\winnt\system32\perfopt.log does not reveal
the specific settings chosen during optimization.

Server Name: ________________________

Estimated # # in Limit memory

X Type of server X X
users organization usage

1–25 Private store Less than 100 ____MB

26–50 Public store 100–999

51–100 Connector/directory 1,000–9,999

import

101–250 Multiserver 10,000–99,999

251–500 100,000 or more

More than 500

COMPONENT LOCATION

Component Location

Private information store \exchsrvr\mdbdata

Public information store \exchsrvr\mdbdata

Information store logs \exchsrvr\mdbdata

Directory service \exchsrvr\dsadata

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Directory service logs \exchsrvr\dsadata

Message transfer agent \exchsrvr\mtadata

Internet Mail Service files Exchsrvr\imcdata

Key Management Server files \exchsrvr\kmsdata

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 PEER-TO-PEER CONFIGURATION

Computer Share Actual Location Description Security

PRINTERS

Printer Type Share Location IP Address Security

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 WORKSTATIONS

User OS RAM Processor Processor Hard Drive Office Antivirus

Speed
Total Free

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