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How To use Switches in Network Diagram

Network diagram
Special libraries of highly detailed, accurate shapes and computer graphics, servers, hubs, switches, printers, mainframes, face plates, routers etc.

Cisco Network Design. Cisco icons, shapes, stencils, symbols and design elements

Cisco is the largest company, which specializes in the field of high technologies, develops and sells network equipment mainly for the large organizations and telecommunication companies. Cisco produces wide variety of devices and equipment, such as routers, switches, gateways, servers, network security devices (firewalls, VPN, IDs, etc.), ATM switches, cable modems and DSL equipment, access points Wi-Fi, products for IP telephony, etc. The first commercially successful multi-protocol router, which enabled for previously incompatible computers to communicate between themselves, is also developed by Cisco company. Cisco is a generally accepted standard, which uses globally recognized Cisco icons for all produced Cisco equipment. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software extended with Cisco Network Diagrams solution from Computer and Network area contains a lot of predesigned Cisco network design elements for professional drawing Cisco network diagrams, visualization computer network topologies, equipment connections and arrangement.

network topology diagram software, network icons, network diagram template, networking icons available, how to draw a network diagram Computer Network Diagrams

network topology diagram software, network icons, network diagram template, networking icons available, how to draw a network diagram
Computer Network Diagrams solution extends ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software with samples, templates and libraries of vector icons and objects of computer network devices and network components to help you create professional-looking Computer Network Diagrams, to plan simple home networks and complex computer network configurations for large buildings, to represent their schemes in a comprehensible graphical view, to document computer networks configurations, to depict the interactions between network's components, the used protocols and topologies, to represent physical and logical network structures, to compare visually different topologies and to depict their combinations, to represent in details the network structure with help of schemes, to study and analyze the network configurations, to communicate effectively to engineers, stakeholders and end-users, to track network working and troubleshoot, if necessary.

Cisco Products Additional. Cisco icons, shapes, stencils and symbols

The ConceptDraw vector stencils library Cisco Products Additional contains equipment symbols for drawing the computer network diagrams.

Local area network (LAN). Computer and Network Examples

Local area network (LAN) diagram
Local Area Network (LAN) is a network which consists of computers and peripheral devices connected each other and to the local domain server, and covers a little territory or small number of buildings, such as home, school, laboratory, office, etc. LAN serves for few hundreds of users. It includes many cables and wires, and demands to design previously a Network diagram. All local area network devices can use the shared printers and disk storage. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a perfect network diagramming software with examples of LAN Diagrams, templates and predesigned vector objects. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is the ideal choice for network engineers and network designers who need to draw fast and easy Local Area Network Diagrams, for IT specialists, developers and other IT professionals which need to visualize the communication schemes of LAN and visually document the LAN's physical structure and arrangement in houses, offices and other buildings. Ready-to-use vector objects from Computer Network Diagrams solution will help you design LAN diagrams in minutes.
How to Draw a Computer Network
How to Draw a Computer Network

Network Topologies

Network Topologies
Network topology is a topological structure of computer network, which can be physical or logical. The physical topology depicts location of different computer network elements such as computers, cables and other devices. The logical topology visually displays network dataflows from one device to another. Sometimes network logical and physical topologies can be the same. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software is powerful for drawing network maps and network topologies diagrams of any kinds and complexity thanks to the Computer Network Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area. ConceptDraw STORE proposes collection of network icons libraries and a lot of Network Topology Diagram examples, samples and templates which were created at ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software specially for Computer Network Diagrams solution. There are six basic types of the network topologies: Bus, Star, Ring, Mesh, Tree, Fully Connected. You can fast and easy design professional-looking diagram for each of them using the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM tools. There are plenty of web Visio-like diagramming software available. Web based diagrams software can be powerful, but sometimes it is essential to have desktop software. One of the most advanced diagrams tools like Visio for Mac OS is ConceptDraw DIAGRAM app.
Create Network Topology Diagram
Create Network Topology Diagram
The vector stencils library "Network layout floorplan" contain 34 symbol icons for drawing computer network floor plans and communication equipment and cabling layouts.
"Networking hardware may also be known as network equipment or computer networking devices. Units which are the last receiver or generate data are called hosts or data terminal equipment.
All these terms refer to devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Specifically, they mediate data in a computer network. ...
Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, modems, ISDN terminal adapters, line drivers, wireless access points, networking cables and other related hardware.
The most common kind of networking hardware today is a copper-based Ethernet adapter because of its standard inclusion on most modern computer systems. Wireless networking has, however, become increasingly popular, especially for portable and handheld devices.
Other hardware prevalent in computer networking includes data center equipment (such as file servers, database servers and storage areas), network services (such as DNS, DHCP, email, etc.) as well as devices which assure content delivery." [Networking hardware. Wikipedia]
The shapes example "Design elements - Network layout floorplan" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Network Layout Floor Plans solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Network layout floor plan symbols
Network layout floor plan symbols, window, wall, switch, single outlet, scanner, router, rack mount, printer, modem, hub, floor mounted outlet, duplex outlet, door, bus cable, PC,
Used Solutions

Cisco Switches and Hubs. Cisco icons, shapes, stencils and symbols

Cisco Switches and Hubs. Cisco icons, shapes, stencils and symbols
Cisco switches and hubs deliver the best performance, and often used as network solutions for small businesses, enterprises, data centers. Cisco switches are the core interconnect devices of each computer network. The numerous Cisco switches specifically designed for various applications. Network switches are separated for two types: fixed configuration and modular switches. The fixed configuration switches deprecate swapping or adding another module, and vice versa for modular switch.
The vector stencils library "Network layout floorplan" contain 34 symbol icons for drawing computer network floor plans, communication equipment layouts, and structured cabling diagrams.
"Structured cabling is building or campus telecommunications cabling infrastructure that consists of a number of standardized smaller elements (hence structured) called subsystems. ...
Structured cabling design and installation is governed by a set of standards that specify wiring data centers, offices, and apartment buildings for data or voice communications using various kinds of cable, most commonly category 5e (CAT-5e), category 6 (CAT-6), and fibre optic cabling and modular connectors. These standards define how to lay the cabling in various topologies in order to meet the needs of the customer, typically using a central patch panel (which is normally 19 inch rack-mounted), from where each modular connection can be used as needed. Each outlet is then patched into a network switch (normally also rack-mounted) for network use or into an IP or PBX (private branch exchange) telephone system patch panel." [Structured cabling. Wikipedia]
The design elements example "Network layout floorplan - Vector stencils library" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Network Layout Floor Plans solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
PC
PC, PC,
Scanner
Scanner, scanner,
Switch
Switch, switch,
Router
Router, router,
Modem
Modem, modem,
Hub
Hub, hub,
Rack Mount
Rack Mount, rack mount,
Printer
Printer, printer,
Floor Mounted Outlet
Floor Mounted Outlet, floor mounted outlet,
Single Outlet
Single Outlet, single outlet,
Duplex Outlet
Duplex Outlet, duplex outlet,
Direct bus cable
Direct bus cable, bus cable,
Tops or bottoms bus cable
Tops or bottoms bus cable,
Side to side bus cable
Side to side bus cable, bus cable,
Multi-tree bus cable
Multi-tree bus cable, bus cable,
Bottom to side bus cable
Bottom to side bus cable, bus cable,
Sides bus cable
Sides bus cable, bus cable,
Door
Door, door,
Door, threshold
Door, threshold, door,
Door, stop
Door, stop, door,
Door, stop, threshold
Door, stop, threshold, door,
Door, frame
Door, frame, door,
Door, frame, threshold
Door, frame, threshold, door,
Door, frame, stop
Door, frame, stop, door,
Door, frame, stop, threshold
Door, frame, stop, threshold, door,
Window
Window, window,
Window, sill
Window, sill, window,
Window, sash
Window, sash, window,
Window, sash, sill
Window, sash, sill, window,
Window, frame
Window, frame, window,
Window, frame, sill
Window, frame, sill, window,
Window, frame, sash
Window, frame, sash, window,
Window, frame, sash, sill
Window, frame, sash, sill, window,
Used Solutions

Network Diagramming Software for Design. Cisco Network Diagrams

Cisco Network Diagrams
Cisco is a famous corporation that develops, manufactures and sells worldwide a networking equipment. Cisco Network Diagrams are intended to document the topology, to visualize Cisco networks, to illustrate the arrangement and connections of network equipment, using the own brand Cisco network symbols, generally accepted as standard. The Cisco icons depict specific Cisco network equipment and connections lines, the style of which specifies the type of physical connection. These diagrams are globally recognized, are often created and used by network and system administrators, network designers, and other numerous IT professionals and corporate IT departments. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software provides the set of powerful network diagrams software tools included to the Cisco Network Diagrams solution from Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. This solution offers 15 libraries with 508 cisco vector elements that are ideal for professional and easy design Cisco Network Diagrams of any configuration, complexity and detailing.