{"id":350,"date":"2013-05-05T23:56:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T23:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/?page_id=350"},"modified":"2015-11-28T09:44:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T17:44:45","slug":"tip-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/?page_id=350","title":{"rendered":"Tip 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"google_translate_element\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nfunction googleTranslateElementInit() {\n  new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en', layout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.HORIZONTAL, gaTrack: true, gaId: 'UA-41069223-1'}, 'google_translate_element');\n}\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/translate.google.com\/translate_a\/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"color: #676767;\"><span><span class='dropcap1'>K<\/span>nowing who will be using your maps is important. I get the same amount of requests for high-level diagrams as I do technical ones. If your goal is to sell a network proposal to the Finance department, it may not do you much good to saturate it with technical details. It&#8217;s more important to make it easy to understand, so you can secure the funds to complete the project. Creating a map for certification like PCI is when you knock it out with as much detail as you can. The person analyzing this will be technical and will certainly appreciate a well made document. <\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<div class='divider-border' style='margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px'><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #78d18b;\"><strong>Example 10-1<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #676767;\"><span><span style=\"color: #676767;\">High-level example. This was created for a syslog infrastructure proposal. The audience is upper management and the project office, so technical detail is not necessary.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><img alt=\"text\" src=\"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/high-level_example-10-1.jpg\" \/><center><\/center><\/center><div class='divider-border' style='margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px'><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #78d18b;\"><strong>Example 10-2<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #676767;\"><span><span style=\"color: #676767;\">Technical Example. This example was for a LAN upgrade proposal and required details in regards to VLANs, IPs, spanning-tree states, and IP interface descriptions. This diagram was reviewed by Cisco Advanced Services, so it needed as much detail as possible.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><img alt=\"text\" src=\"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/LAN_detail_example-10-2.jpg\" \/><center><\/center><\/center><div class='divider-border' style='margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px'><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target='_self' href='http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/?page_id=348' class='button large rounded green'>&lt; TIP<\/a><a target='_self' href='http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/?page_id=1131' class='button large rounded green'>TIP &gt;<\/a>\n<p><center><img alt=\"text\" src=\"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/compass-vsmall.png\" \/><\/center><center><a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/?page_id=820' class='button large rounded orange'>Diagram Store<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>nowing who will be using your maps is important. 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