As is the case with many businesses, the StadiumCompany's network documentation is not up-to-date. A new diagram will need to be created of the network as a whole, as well as the different segments that comprise it.
Network management programs collect information and produce a diagram of the current network. Cisco Network Assistant and CiscoWorks are two examples of network management programs.
Cisco Network Assistant is used to obtain the information necessary to produce a diagram of the stadium network.
Obtaining Information About Devices and Data Routes
The NetworkingCompany staff can now log in to various network devices. The network designer uses standard Cisco IOS commands to obtain information about the devices and the routes that data takes through the network.
The Cisco IOS software offers useful commands to gain information from a router to create a network diagram. Some of these commands are:
• show version
• show running-config
• show ip route
• show cdp neighbors detail
• show controllers
• show tech-support