By hand. There are some applications that can detect whatever is on your network but this only works well if you have a straightforward and relatively simple network layout. It also assumes everything on your network responds to pings, which may not be the case.
Just look how everything is connected and use something like graphics/dia to make a nice diagram of it. Keep this diagram up to date after making any changes to the network. And yes, this may involve following wires to see where they go.
Agreed. Also, do not forget about software that can do an SNMP walk on infrastructure devices when that is exposed. Another nice tool for diagramming the deltas of a network is RackTables:
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