A quick one today on PowerCLI. A colleague asked about how to retrieve a list of VTEPs assigned to a host. I was asked because they though PowerNSX may actually do this but low and behold, good old PowerCLI can…
This image came through my twitter feed recently. It resonated with me very deeply. People are becoming far more resourceful in the way that access information. There was a time (before I was in the field, I heard they connected…
Here you will find my reference architecture poster for VMware’s NSX solution. This is currently gathered from all public documentation surrounding NSX. This document will evolve as I learn more. It is designed to inform people of the benefits of…
Derick “Cloudtoad” Winkworth presented to us another gem from the vaults of Plexxi. Previously with Juniper Derick has presented on Development Operations (DevOps) and “How to navigate out of the broccoli forests of despair” which gained much traction within the…
What felt like a scene from a spy flick, the NFD6 delegates piled in to Aruba’s offices during #NFD6 for the Solarwinds presentation. Before we began I have had dealings with Solarwinds around their NPM Orion platform and was extremely…
When I saw this book on the coming soon list I was definitely excited. Richard Bejtlich, Chief Security Office of Mandiant, has delivered a book surrounding the venerable Security Onion distribution entitled “The Practice of Network Security Monitoring.. After the…
There comes a point in all deployments when an installation transitions from deployment to support. This involves handover documentation and for many people what this encapsulates varies. The importance of having comprehensive documentation on handover cannot be overstated. It should…
A recent post by Greg Ferro over at Etherealmind exposed me to Sublime Text 2. This multiple format text manipulation software has seen some some great plugins. As pointed out by Greg, there is a Github hosted plugin for Cisco…
Many are aware I am working on my CCIE. I currently have the written exam lined up and in might sights. Given my enterprise background there are quite a few technologies in which I do not get to deploy quite…
With the 3850 brings a plethora of change. The evolution of IOS to IOS-XE, WLC features terminated in hardware, and advanced routing protocols on board set the scene for a massive access and distribution overhaul. Some big physical changes though…
Forward As I mentioned last earlier, I have been asked about being apart of the Thwack Ambassador program and my first post went up. I am linking to it now for my readers who follow my blog and may not be aware of the…
You may think my title is odd. Well there is an explanation. There is an Australian classic movie called ‘The Castle’. It is about an average Australian family who just make do and appreciate their family and lot in life.…
Forward As I mentioned last earlier, I have been asked about being apart of the Thwack Ambassador program and my first post went up. I am linking to it now for my readers who follow my blog and may not be aware of…
In the previous post we discussed what the VMware vSwitch actually was. This allowed the reader to gain insight into the difference of a software switch compared to a hardware switch. This discussion assumes a default vSwitch install and the…
Outage windows. They vary from after 5pm, to a 4 hour window per quarter, and even just 17 seconds per year. They are valuable. They are something that shouldn’t be squandered. The sad thing is that some treat them was…
For many engineers, Spirent equipment is the stuff of legends. The packet generators and network test environments were expensive enough to come with a human to drive them. Deployments in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars were not uncommon and rarely seen…
The SRX110 device that I have been labbing with has come with two USB slots. One is designed to be a 3g/4g wan module which would allow a failover internet connection and could server as a remote access gateway. I…
Disclaimer about #NFD4 posts Statseeker was first cab off the ranks on Wednesday afternoon. The Australian company does one thing and does it well. Scaling interface statistic monitoring built upon FreeBSD. Using a custom, optimized time sequence database to store…
A network is a dynamic, living entity. It changes based upon business requirements and needs to be flexible and scalable. Technology jumps ahead by leaps and bounds and as it changes as does the requirements of out networks. Documentation is something that is rarely…