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NetDoc™

User’s Manual

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Setting Up the Geographical Infrastructure

Once you are familiar with the NetDoc™ environment, you can begin setting up your

geographical infrastructure. The infrastructure holds the main components of the location you

are documenting, including: Company, Campus, Buildings, Outdoor Spaces, Floors, Indoor

Work and Telecommunications Spaces, Racks, TDUs and Faceplates. Once the geographical

infrastructure is set up, you can set up the cabling infrastructure (see “Setting Up the Cabling

Infrastructure” on page 1-78).

The entire geographical infrastructure does not need to be set up all at once. You can begin by

defining certain locations and then document those areas, while later adding to your

geographical infrastructure as a growing task. NetDoc™ only requires that you have the

infrastructure built to the level to which you want to associate network components.

Recommendation: You can speed the process by adding more than one item using a Wizard,

or at any component screen, you can add single items by clicking Add. See “WIZARDS

MENU” on page 1-59 for details about using wizards.

Note: You are not required to set up your entire geographical infrastructure, however, you

must create the basics of one before you can set up any cabling infrastructure. See

Appendix D for a suggested example of how to setup your company infrastructure.

IMPORTANT! When adding components to your infrastructure, you must be positioned on the

Navigation Tree at the level above the position where the component will be added. For

example, to add a Campus, you must be at the company level, to add a Building, you must be

at the Campus level or to add a Floor, you must be at the Building level.

To Add: Must be at Tree Level:

Campus Company

Outdoor Space Campus

Building Campus

Floor Building

Indoor Space

(includes Work Areas,

Telecommunication Spaces,

Racks and TDUs)

Floor

Faceplate Indoor Space

Rack Floor