Documentation is both a boon and a bane to a system or network administrator. It's extremely valuable when something is going wrong. It can also be a nuisance when it's time to create or update it. Regardless of how you look at it, love it or hate it, documentation is a valuable resource that requires active support. This section looks at the myriad of types and content of documentation that should exist for a network server, inter-networking devices, workstations, and, really, just about anything that attaches to a network.

The Server+ exam's objectives identify nine separate types of system documentation. The following sections outline each of the documentation types identified in the Server+ objectives.