A rack diagram helps make quick work of designing and documenting a rack of network equipment. When purchasing equipment, rack diagrams can help you determine which equipment and racks to buy.A rack diagram helps make quick work of designing and documenting a rack of network equipment. When purchasing equipment, rack diagrams can help you determine which equipment and racks to buy.With Microsoft Visio, you can quickly build a rack diagram from equipment shapes that conform to industry-standard measurements. The shapes are designed to fit together precisely, and their connection points make them easy to snap into place.•Create a rack diagram•Generate equipment reports1.On the File menu, point to New, point to Network, and then click Rack Diagram.2.From Rack-mounted Equipment, drag a Rack shape onto the drawing page. To hide the U height, right-click the shape and then click Hide U sizes on the shortcut menu.3.Find an equipment shape that you want to add to your drawing, and drag it onto the Rack shape.Connection points at the lower corners of the equipment shape are glued to the connection points on the Rack shape. When the equipment shape is correctly connected to the Rack shape, the connection points turn to a different color, indicating that they are glued.Notes:1.On the Review menu, click Shape Reports.2.In the Reports list, click the name of the report definition that you want to use.Notes:3.Click Run, and then, in the Run Report dialog box, select the report format that you want:•To save your report as a Web page, click HTML.•To create your report on a Microsoft Office Excel worksheet, click Excel.•To save your report as an Excel worksheet embedded in a shape in your drawing, cli.