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What is network infrastructure design?

Network infrastructure design can help you plan how to implement, monitor, and manage an IT network. A design can be created after identifying the operational requirements in terms of capacity, bandwidth, quality of service, security, and resilience.

Network infrastructure design can help you plan an IT network more efficiently. After implementation, network design can aid you when troubleshooting network issues by helping you more easily understand the roles of various components in the network and how a malfunctioning device may affect the network and other systems using the network.

In addition to planning the network infrastructure design, network administrators can also use network topology software to gain visibility into network infrastructure, configuration, and performance. In addition, network configuration software can help update topology maps by scanning for changes in the network to help you better understand network infrastructure mapping, identify network architecture changes, and scale capacity more efficiently.