A static network diagram cannot update itself. After its creation, the software no longer knows the meaning of any icon or link. It is up to a human being to update the diagram manually. Most network diagrams created by tools such as Visio are static by nature and will require constant manual work to keep it up-to-date. You can create a static network diagram by dragging and dropping icons representing network devices to the map and linking them with proper lines. Unlike a
dynamic network diagram, you won’t need to build the underlying data model before building a static diagram.
NetBrain’s Dynamic Diagrams differ in that all the icons have meanings and have information linked to them. However, NetBrain can still be used to create static network diagrams. Below is a sample static NetBrain map is displayed:
Although, there are a few other tools such as Opnet NetMapper or Solarwinds LAN Surveyor that might specifically help create static network diagrams faster, the results produced by those tools are still static by nature. Their diagrams are not supported by any data model; they cannot and will not update themselves.
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