Practical guidance for managing power, cooling, racks, cabling, capacity, and infrastructure documentation Data centers rarely become difficult to manage because of one major mistake. Usually, complexity builds gradually. More equipment gets added. Rack densities increase. Power and cooling requirements change. Cable pathways fill up. Temporary fixes become permanent. Documentation falls behind, and important information ends…
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netTerrain 10.2 is live. 10.2 introduces depth-aware rack and cabinet modeling, Butterfly Layout automation for manhole diagrams, easier circuit editing, direct strand-to-strand fusing, and improvements to IPAM, imports, link editing, device identification, table navigation, security, and PDF export. These updates help you document physical infrastructure, connectivity, fiber, and IP resources more accurately as your environment…
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Graphical Networks will exhibit at DCF Trends 2026, taking place August 4–6, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia. Stop by Booth #14 to see how netTerrain DCIM software helps data center teams document infrastructure, manage capacity, track assets and connectivity, and maintain a dependable system of record. As data centers grow in size,…
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Most network teams don’t say: “We have an undocumented network knowledge problem.” They say: “Ask the person who installed it.” “It should be in the old Visio diagram.” “There’s a spreadsheet somewhere.” “Someone on the fiber team knows.” This “system” may work for a while—until that person is unavailable, retires, or leaves the organization. Then…
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It’s Tuesday afternoon and an email from the city manager lands in your inbox: “We’re finalizing the new fire station’s backbone connection. Can you send over the strand map and available fiber paths by Thursday?” You open the shared drive. There’s a Visio from 2018, a spreadsheet that hasn’t been touched since the last contractor…
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The call rarely comes with complete information. A classroom wing is down. A residence hall is dealing with spotty Wi-Fi again. The gym has an event tonight, and someone needs to figure out which closet, switch, fiber path, port, and IP range are involved before troubleshooting can even begin. So the search starts. One person…
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