"Network configuration is where the design takes life."
switch3The configuration process takes the functional design specifications such as equipment ports, speeds and addresses and converts these into commands to make the equipment work. To configure an effective IT infrastructure requires the design to take account of not only the network connections but how they are going to operate under fault conditions, be managed, monitored and made secure. This encompasses a wide range of configuration skills that, like the installation process, needs to be standardised, structured and documented.