LAN Switches

Rear view shapes for LAN switches are used to document Front-End LAN or host side network cabling. At the moment these are 10GbE switches, but I planning to include 40GbE switches as well, now that NetApp supports 40GbE host traffic. Switches are generic and can be used to document other environments as well.

Stencil:

• DontPokeThePolarBear-Essentials-Switches-LAN-Stencil-<DD-MM-YY>

Original Switch shapes by:

• NetApp
• Brocade
• Cisco

Switch Grouping Box:

• Switches are grouped together in pairs inside a Switch Grouping Box
• Properties for Switch Grouping Box
  • Switch Type:
    • Typically switch speed
  • If switch type is denoted with “*”
    • Indicates that this is customer supplied
• Grouping boxes come in two form factor
  • Rack
    • To be placed in the same rack as other gear
  • Mid
    • To be place between the racks

Switch variants:

• There are few variants per switch type
  • Port Count
    • Depending on how many ports are needed for documentation
    • With 2×4 port assignment box
    • With 12d port assignment box
    • With 16d port assignment box
    • Most often I used “12d” variants, but if space is tight, you might need to use “2×4” variants instead (less ports, uses less space)

Brocade Switches:

Brocade VDX6740

Switch Properties:

• Click swich shape to show data in Shape Data Window
  • Switch Number
  • Site Name for Switch (typically only used with MetroCluster)
  • Switch Name Body
  • Edit as required and device label will change accordingly

Screenshot: Brocade VDX6740 switch shapes in Shapes Window:

Port assignment box:

• Click the shape to show data in Shape Data Window
  • Use pull-down menus to assign correct port combinations
  • Text in shape will be changed accordingly
  • Only if suitable port combinations cannot be found in shape data pull-down menus,  then edit text manually but this will break connection to data

Cisco 5548

Similar properties as Brocade switch, only with differerent “picture”

Screenshot: Cisco 5548 switch shapes in Shapes Window:

Make your own Switch rear view Shapes:

LAN Stencil includes empty LAN Switch Groping boxes. These grouping boxes are equipped with “anchoring” points so that you can pull a 19″ wide switch into the shape and place it correctly.

If you do make your own shapes, you will have to edit the label of the switch manually, I am using “Calibri” 6pt font for switch names.

Additionally data in switch port assignment box might not match your switch / use case, edit as required.

Ontop of “Rack” form factor empty shapes, there are also two “Mid” form factor shapes